English words for 'One who cracks a whip.'
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verb
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- To move quickly and violently.
- move or stir about violently
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
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noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
noun
- The lashing end of a whip.
- A short haircut.
- (figurative) A group, cluster, or collection of things occurring at the same time.
- A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease.
- A photograph or other image that has been reduced by removing the outer parts.
- (mining) An outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
- (agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
- (mining) Tin ore prepared for smelting.
- (architecture) The foliate part of a finial.
- An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.
- The act of cropping.
- The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.
- (slang, in the plural) Marijuana.
- (anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.
- An entire oxhide.
- A rocky outcrop.
- the yield from plants in a single growing season
- a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
- the stock or handle of a whip
- a collection of people or things appearing together
- a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- the output of something in a season
verb
- (transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
- (transitive) To mow, reap or gather.
- (transitive) To beat with a crop, or riding-whip.
- (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
- (intransitive) To yield harvest.
- (transitive) To cause to bear a crop.
- (transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
- prepare for crops
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- yield crops
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- cut short
verb
noun
- (countable) The lash of a whip.
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.
- (figurative) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
- an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
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verb
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noun
- One who, or something which, whacks.
- (slang) A radio amateur who is keenly interested in emergency response and may travel to the sites of emergencies.
- (informal) Synonym of whopper (“an outrageous or blatant lie”).
- (informal) Synonym of whopper (“anything large”).
- something especially big or impressive of its kind
noun
noun
- A blow administered with a whip.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- (hunting) A whipper-in.
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- Whipped cream.
- (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
- (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- (UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- (transitive) To hit with a whip.
- strike as if by whipping
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- (ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
- (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- defeat thoroughly
- subject to harsh criticism
noun
verb
- whip
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- punish severely; excoriate
- To drive, or force (a person, an animal, etc.) to move, with or as if with a scourge or whip.
- To cause (someone or something) persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble; to afflict, to torment.
- (Scotland, agriculture) Of a crop or a farmer: to deplete the fertility of (land or soil).
- To punish (a person, an animal, etc.); to chastise.
- To strike (a person, an animal, etc.) with a scourge (noun etymology 1 sense 1) or whip; to flog, to whip.
noun
- a whip used to inflict punishment
- something causing misery or death
- a person who inspires fear or dread
- (weaponry, chiefly historical) A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
- A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
- A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.
verb
- To lash or whip.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.
- To strip the skin off; to skin.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
- strip the skin off
noun
noun
- (formal) A whip.
- a whip used to inflict punishment
- (biology) In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion.
- (biology) In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.
- a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
noun
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- strike as if by whipping
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
adj
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- beat with a cane
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
- (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To sell.
- (theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
- (transitive, Australia, agriculture) To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
- (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
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verb
noun
- the froth produced by soaps or detergents
- the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
- agitation resulting from active worry
- a workman who puts up laths
- (countable) A state of agitation.
- (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
- (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
- tie with a strap
- sharpen with a strap
- (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
- (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
- (transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- (transitive) To slap or stroke the muscled areas of a horse with a cloth or pad, a form of massage meant to improve muscle tone.
noun
- an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
- hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
- a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
- whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
- (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- (journalism) Synonym of strapline.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- (slang, professional wrestling, with "the") A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- (slang, LGBTQ) A strap-on.
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- censure severely or angrily
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- (transitive, British, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
- (intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
- (intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
- (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
- (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
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verb
noun
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- a raised or strengthened seam
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- A strip, especially one around the edge of something (for example, in some old heraldry).
- (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
noun
- One who wrings.
- One who uses a wringer (machine).
- A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung).
- (figurative) Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal.
- a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed
noun
- One who thrashes.
- (informal) A fan of thrash metal music.
- Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genera Toxostoma, Allenia, Margarops, Oreoscoptes and Ramphocinclus in the family Mimidae, that have a long, downward-curved beak.
- A thresher shark.
- thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
- large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
- a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
verb
- To operate a whipsaw.
- (transitive, finance) To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises.
- (US politics) To accept bribes from multiple parties at once, with the intent of letting down one or more of them.
- Of a trade union: to coerce employers into capitulating by bringing them the news that other (more easily convinced) employers have already done so.
- (transitive) To defeat someone in two different ways at once.
- saw with a whipsaw
- victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
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verb
- To beat with a whip made from hide.
- (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
- (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
- cover as if with a shroud
- be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- prevent from being seen or discovered
noun
- (countable) A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
- (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
- (metonymic, uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
- (countable, architecture) A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
- (countable) The skin of an animal.
- (historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.
- the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
- body covering of a living animal
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- Someone who spanks.
- (nautical) A fore-and-aft gaff-rigged sail on the aft-most mast of a square-rigged vessel.
- An instrument used to give someone a spanking or spank, such as a paddle.
- a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel
- a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand
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- One who pricks.
- Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
- (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
- One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
- A tool for pricking.
- A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
- A prickle or thorn.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
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- One who cuts with heavy or rough blows.
- Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood.
- (British, regional) A fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables.
- One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially (sports, originally and chiefly golf), a sport such as golf or tennis.
- Someone who hacks.
- (US, road transport) One who operates a taxicab; a cabdriver.
- (computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.
- someone who plays golf poorly
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
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- someone who hits
- a forward on a soccer team
- someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
- the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
- an employee on strike against an employer
- A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
- A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
- A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
- (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
- A piece of metal struck against a flint or ferrocerium to produce sparks.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
- (firearms, military) A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
- (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
- A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
- (soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
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- The lashing end of a whip.
- A short haircut.
- (figurative) A group, cluster, or collection of things occurring at the same time.
- A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease.
- A photograph or other image that has been reduced by removing the outer parts.
- (mining) An outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
- (agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
- (mining) Tin ore prepared for smelting.
- (architecture) The foliate part of a finial.
- An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.
- The act of cropping.
- The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.
- (slang, in the plural) Marijuana.
- (anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.
- An entire oxhide.
- A rocky outcrop.
- the yield from plants in a single growing season
- a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
- the stock or handle of a whip
- a collection of people or things appearing together
- a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- the output of something in a season
verb
- (transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
- (transitive) To mow, reap or gather.
- (transitive) To beat with a crop, or riding-whip.
- (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
- (intransitive) To yield harvest.
- (transitive) To cause to bear a crop.
- (transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
- prepare for crops
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- yield crops
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- cut short
noun
noun
- One who, or something which, whacks.
- (slang) A radio amateur who is keenly interested in emergency response and may travel to the sites of emergencies.
- (informal) Synonym of whopper (“an outrageous or blatant lie”).
- (informal) Synonym of whopper (“anything large”).
- something especially big or impressive of its kind
verb
noun
- (countable) The lash of a whip.
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.
- (figurative) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
- an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
noun
noun
- A blow administered with a whip.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- (hunting) A whipper-in.
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- Whipped cream.
- (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
- (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- (UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- (transitive) To hit with a whip.
- strike as if by whipping
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- (ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
- (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- defeat thoroughly
- subject to harsh criticism
noun
noun
- (formal) A whip.
- a whip used to inflict punishment
- (biology) In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion.
- (biology) In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.
- a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
noun
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- strike as if by whipping
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
adj
noun
- One who wrings.
- One who uses a wringer (machine).
- A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung).
- (figurative) Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal.
- a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed
noun
- One who thrashes.
- (informal) A fan of thrash metal music.
- Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genera Toxostoma, Allenia, Margarops, Oreoscoptes and Ramphocinclus in the family Mimidae, that have a long, downward-curved beak.
- A thresher shark.
- thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
- large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
- a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
verb
- whip
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- punish severely; excoriate
- To drive, or force (a person, an animal, etc.) to move, with or as if with a scourge or whip.
- To cause (someone or something) persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble; to afflict, to torment.
- (Scotland, agriculture) Of a crop or a farmer: to deplete the fertility of (land or soil).
- To punish (a person, an animal, etc.); to chastise.
- To strike (a person, an animal, etc.) with a scourge (noun etymology 1 sense 1) or whip; to flog, to whip.
noun
- a whip used to inflict punishment
- something causing misery or death
- a person who inspires fear or dread
- (weaponry, chiefly historical) A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
- A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
- A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.
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noun
noun
- Someone who spanks.
- (nautical) A fore-and-aft gaff-rigged sail on the aft-most mast of a square-rigged vessel.
- An instrument used to give someone a spanking or spank, such as a paddle.
- a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel
- a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand
noun
noun
- One who pricks.
- Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
- (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
- One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
- A tool for pricking.
- A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
- A prickle or thorn.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
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verb
noun
noun
- One who cuts with heavy or rough blows.
- Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood.
- (British, regional) A fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables.
- One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially (sports, originally and chiefly golf), a sport such as golf or tennis.
- Someone who hacks.
- (US, road transport) One who operates a taxicab; a cabdriver.
- (computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.
- someone who plays golf poorly
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
noun
noun
- someone who hits
- a forward on a soccer team
- someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
- the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
- an employee on strike against an employer
- A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
- A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
- A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
- (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
- A piece of metal struck against a flint or ferrocerium to produce sparks.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
- (firearms, military) A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
- (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
- A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
- (soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
noun
verb
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- To move quickly and violently.
- move or stir about violently
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
adv
conj
noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
verb
noun
- (countable) The lash of a whip.
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.
- (figurative) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
- an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
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noun
adj
verb
noun
verb
- whip
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- punish severely; excoriate
- To drive, or force (a person, an animal, etc.) to move, with or as if with a scourge or whip.
- To cause (someone or something) persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble; to afflict, to torment.
- (Scotland, agriculture) Of a crop or a farmer: to deplete the fertility of (land or soil).
- To punish (a person, an animal, etc.); to chastise.
- To strike (a person, an animal, etc.) with a scourge (noun etymology 1 sense 1) or whip; to flog, to whip.
noun
- a whip used to inflict punishment
- something causing misery or death
- a person who inspires fear or dread
- (weaponry, chiefly historical) A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
- A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
- A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.
verb
- To lash or whip.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.
- To strip the skin off; to skin.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
- strip the skin off
noun
noun
- A blow administered with a whip.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- (hunting) A whipper-in.
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- Whipped cream.
- (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
- (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- (UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- (transitive) To hit with a whip.
- strike as if by whipping
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- (ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
- (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- defeat thoroughly
- subject to harsh criticism
noun
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- strike as if by whipping
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
adj
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- beat with a cane
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
- (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To sell.
- (theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
- (transitive, Australia, agriculture) To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
- (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
noun
verb
noun
- the froth produced by soaps or detergents
- the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
- agitation resulting from active worry
- a workman who puts up laths
- (countable) A state of agitation.
- (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
- (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
- tie with a strap
- sharpen with a strap
- (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
- (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
- (transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- (transitive) To slap or stroke the muscled areas of a horse with a cloth or pad, a form of massage meant to improve muscle tone.
noun
- an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
- hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
- a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
- whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
- (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- (journalism) Synonym of strapline.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- (slang, professional wrestling, with "the") A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- (slang, LGBTQ) A strap-on.
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- censure severely or angrily
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- (transitive, British, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
- (intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
- (intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
- (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
- (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
noun
verb
noun
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- a raised or strengthened seam
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- A strip, especially one around the edge of something (for example, in some old heraldry).
- (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
verb
- To operate a whipsaw.
- (transitive, finance) To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises.
- (US politics) To accept bribes from multiple parties at once, with the intent of letting down one or more of them.
- Of a trade union: to coerce employers into capitulating by bringing them the news that other (more easily convinced) employers have already done so.
- (transitive) To defeat someone in two different ways at once.
- saw with a whipsaw
- victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
adj
noun
verb
- To beat with a whip made from hide.
- (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
- (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
- cover as if with a shroud
- be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- prevent from being seen or discovered
noun
- (countable) A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
- (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
- (metonymic, uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
- (countable, architecture) A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
- (countable) The skin of an animal.
- (historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.
- the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
- body covering of a living animal