whip, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

whip (whips plural & 3rd person present) (whipping present participle) (whipped past tense & past participle )

1 n-count A whip is a long thin piece of material such as leather or rope, fastened to a stiff handle. It is used for hitting people or animals.

2  verb If someone whips a person or animal, they beat them or hit them with a whip or something like a whip.
Eye-witnesses claimed Mr Melton whipped the horse up to 16 times...  V n
♦ whipping  (whippings plural) n-count (=beating)
He threatened to give her a whipping.

3 verb If something, for example the wind, whips something, it strikes it sharply.
LITERARY A terrible wind whipped our faces... V n

4  verb If someone whips something out or whips it off, they take it out or take it off very quickly and suddenly.
Bob whipped out his notebook...  V n with adv
Players were whipping their shirts off...  V n with adv

5  verb When you whip something liquid such as cream or an egg, you stir it very fast until it is thick or stiff.
Whip the cream until thick...  V n
Whip the eggs, oils and honey together.  V n adv/prep
...strawberries and whipped cream.  V-ed

6 verb If you whip people into an emotional state, you deliberately cause and encourage them to be in that state.
He could whip a crowd into hysteria... V n into n

7 n-count A whip is a member of a political party in a parliament or legislature who is responsible for making sure that party members are present to vote on important issues and that they vote in the appropriate way.
The Whips have the job of making sure MPs toe the line.

8 If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
♦ the whip hand  phrase PHR after v
These days the shopper has the whip hand, and will not buy if stores fail to lower their prices.  whip up  phrasal verb If someone whips up an emotion, especially a dangerous one such as hatred, or if they whip people up into an emotional state, they deliberately cause and encourage people to feel that emotion. (=stir up)
He accused politicians of whipping up anti-foreign sentiments in order to win right-wing votes...  V P n (not pron), Also V n P into n