whip

Noun

• a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
  • the whip raised a red welt
    

• (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club

• 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

Verb

• subject to harsh criticism
  • The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday
    
  • the professor scaled the students
    
  • your invectives scorched the community
    

• whip with or as if with a wire whisk
  • whisk the eggs
    

• strike as if by whipping
  • The curtain whipped her face
    

• thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
  • The tall grass whipped in the wind
    

• defeat thoroughly
  • He mopped up the floor with his opponents
    

• beat severely with a whip or rod
  • The teacher often flogged the students
    
  • The children were severely trounced
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  lash , whiplash , party whip , blister , scald , whisk , worst , pip , mop up , rack up , flog , welt , lather , slash , strap , trounce