whip
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
Types & categories
- instrument hypernym
- cat-o'-nine-tails hyponym
- cowhide hyponym
- horsewhip hyponym
- knout hyponym
- quirt hyponym
- riding crop hyponym
- flagellum hyponym
- strap hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- whip derivation
Sense 2 verb
beat severely with a whip or rod
The teacher often flogged the students
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
Types & categories
- legislator hypernym
Sense 4 verb
defeat thoroughly
He mopped up the floor with his opponents
Types & categories
- beat hypernym
Related & opposite
- thrashing derivation
Sense 5 noun
a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
Types & categories
- dessert hypernym
- prune whip hyponym
Sense 6 verb
thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
The tall grass whipped in the wind
Types & categories
- thresh hypernym
Sense 7 noun
(golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
Types & categories
- flexibility hypernym
Related & opposite
- golf domain topic
Sense 8 verb
strike as if by whipping
The curtain whipped her face
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
the whip raised a red welt
Types & categories
- blow hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 10 verb
whip with or as if with a wire whisk
whisk the eggs
Types & categories
- scramble hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 11 verb
subject to harsh criticism
The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday
Types & categories
- lash out hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | whip |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | crop |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | thong |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stock |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | instrument |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cat-o'-nine-tails |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cowhide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | horsewhip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | knout |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quirt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | riding crop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flagellum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | strap |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whiplash |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whacking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whipping |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thong |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | strap |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whip |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | switcher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wale |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | beat up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flagellate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | leather |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | horsewhip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | switch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cowhide |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | birch |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | legislator |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrashing |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | beat |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | dessert |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | prune whip |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | thresh |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | golf |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | flexibility |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | whiplash |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | thong |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | strike |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | urticate |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | lash |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | whip |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | blow |
| 10 | also see | Related & opposite | whip up |
| 10 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | scramble |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | lash out |