Synonyms: lash, whip, whiplash
Definition: a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
Usage: the whip raised a red welt
Synonyms: whip
Definition: an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
Similar words: instrument
Definition: a device that requires skill for proper use
Synonyms: whip
Definition: (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
Similar words: flexibility, flexibleness
Definition: the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped
Synonyms: whip
Definition: a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
Synonyms: party whip, whip
Definition: a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
Similar words: legislator
Definition: someone who makes or enacts laws
Synonyms: whip, scald, blister
Definition: subject to harsh criticism
Usage: The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday; the professor scaled the students; your invectives scorched the community
Similar words: snipe, round, assail, assault, attack, lash out
Definition: attack in speech or writing
Usage: The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
Synonyms: rack up, pip, mop up, whip, worst
Definition: defeat thoroughly
Usage: He mopped up the floor with his opponents
Similar words: trounce, crush, vanquish, shell, beat, beat out
Definition: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Usage: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship; We beat the competition; Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Definition: strike as if by whipping
Usage: The curtain whipped her face
Similar words: strike
Definition: deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
Usage: The teacher struck the child; the opponent refused to strike; The boxer struck the attacker dead
Synonyms: slash, welt, whip, lash, lather, strap, trounce, flog
Definition: beat severely with a whip or rod
Usage: The teacher often flogged the students; The children were severely trounced
Similar words: work over, beat, beat up
Definition: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
Usage: Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night; The teacher used to beat the students
Definition: whip with or as if with a wire whisk
Usage: whisk the eggs
Synonyms: whip
Definition: thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
Usage: The tall grass whipped in the wind
Similar words: thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss, slash, convulse, jactitate
Definition: move or stir about violently
Usage: The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed