n.
      - a strip of leather or length of cord fastened to a handle, used for beating a person or urging on an animal.
 - an official of a political party appointed to maintain parliamentary discipline among its members, especially so as to ensure attendance and voting in debates. 
▸Brit. a written notice from such an official requesting attendance for voting.
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(the whip)
 Brit. membership of the group of MPs that form the official elected representation of a particular political party, together with the duties or rights associated with such membership.
 - a dessert made from cream or eggs beaten into a light fluffy mass.
 - short for whipper-in.
 - a slender, unbranched shoot or plant.
 - a rope-and-pulley hoisting apparatus.
 
v.
 (whips, whipping, whipped)
       - beat with a whip. 
▸(of a flexible object or rain or wind) strike or beat violently.
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(whip someone up)
 deliberately excite or provoke someone.
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(whip something up)
 stimulate a particular feeling in someone.
 ▸informal defeat heavily in a sporting contest.
 - move or take out fast or suddenly. 
▸
(whip something up)
 make or prepare something, especially food, very quickly.
 - beat (cream, eggs, or other food) into a froth.
 - Brit. informal steal.
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(whip in)
 Hunting  act as whipper-in.
 - bind with spirally wound twine. 
▸sew or gather with overcast stitches.
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[as adj. whipped]
 N. Amer. informal worn out; exhausted.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - the whip hand
 a position of power or control. 
    
   
  Derivative
  
    - whip-like adj.
  - whipper n.
  - whipping n.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: prob. from Mid. Low Ger. and MDu. wippen ‘swing, leap, dance’, from a Gmc base meaning ‘move quickly’.