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whip

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verb

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as in to swing
to change the course or direction of (something) any more complaints and I'm whipping this car around and heading back home

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of whip
Noun
Over in the House, Mike Johnson held his usually fractious conference together on the spending plan with Trump acting as whip, keeping every Republican save one in line. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2025 The two stars whip around each other once every 125.5 minutes. Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
Check out this six-pack of clear plastic storage bins to whip your refrigerator into shape, or this $5 jewelry organizer that will keep your necklaces untangled indefinitely. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2025 Listen to this article A 37-year-old Brooklyn mom and pediatric nurse was arrested for allegedly whipping her child with an extension cord after cops found the 9-year-old boy wandering the streets after midnight, police said. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for whip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whip
Noun
  • On Black Friday last year, with the Chiefs and Raiders reserved for a national TV audience, quarterback Patrick Mahomes slammed a football between his hands and angrily unfastened his chin strap before yelling toward the sideline.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The masks come with two straps that go over your head and neck to keep a tight seal.
    Lisa Wood Shapiro, Wired News, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Read Next World Palace gardens hid 900-year-old ruins of bathhouse in Spain — until now.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Ellie hides her injury from Dina when her friend arrives to rescue her, and the women are summoned to appear before the town leaders to share their experience.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Several viral videos have captured audiences of the blockbuster video game adaptation going wild, throwing food and drink, and trashing auditoriums.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Because nobody buys a mechanical watch and throws it away six months later.
    Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The second player swings the ball across the top of the key to the second side.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The former mayor of Salzburg gave the project the go-head in 2024, but now a governmental skirmish has begun after the mayoral office swung from the political right to the left after an election.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The Chinese and Hong Kong flags flutter as screens display the Hang Seng Index outside the Exchange Square complex, which houses the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, on January 21, 2021 in Hong Kong, China.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Romantic connections will sweeten up by April 30 regardless, as your amorous ruler Venus finally flutters back into your relationship sector, softening your heart to the healing magic of love.
    Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Flames were licking the upper branches of tall trees.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
  • While investors are licking their wounds from a plunging stock market, and businesses brace for economic fallout, major investment banks are reaping extraordinary profits, according to Wall Street Journal.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Cut Stems Back Using your bypass pruners, cut live canes back to 12 inches tall.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Green, who is Black, regularly uses a cane to walk around the Capitol and has done so for years.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Trump administration wants to significantly cut NASA’s budget next year, slashing science research funding in half, a reduction that would halt the launch of a high-tech space telescope and curtail other planetary exploration missions.
    George Petras, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Nimmo is slashing mere .202/.253/.381 this season, but Sunday’s heroics could be a sign of changing fortune.
    James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025

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“Whip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whip. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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