whip
Noun
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is a type of: instrument - a device that requires skill for proper usesubtypes:
- cat, cat-o'-nine-tails - a whip with nine knotted cords
- cowhide - a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow
- horsewhip - a whip for controlling horses
- knout - a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
- quirt - whip with a leather thong at the end
- hunting crop, riding crop - a short whip with a thong at the end and a handle for opening gates
- flagellum, scourge - a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
- strap - whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
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is a type of: legislator - someone who makes or enacts lawssame as: party whip
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subtypes: prune whip - dessert made of prune puree and whipped cream
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referred to in: golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holesis a type of: flexibility, flexibleness - the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped
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is a type of: blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
Verb
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is a type of: beat, beat up, work over - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggressionsubtypes:
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is a type of: convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss - move or stir about violently
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is a type of: strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weaponsubtypes: urticate - whip with or as with nettlessame as: lash
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referred to in: cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heatsame as: whisk
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