whipped

Definition of whippednext
past tense of whip
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Recent Examples of whipped For 10 minutes, Boyd took in the scene as the flags whipped above the center-field scoreboard, Cubs infielders took grounders and stadium workers finished final preparations before 39,712 fans streamed into the ballpark. Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026 This pizza has soppressata, whipped ricotta and drizzles of hot honey. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026 For more than 21 years the Earth-orbiting telescope has surveyed the sky for gamma-ray bursts—the most powerful and luminous explosions in the universe—and whipped around to take a closer look. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026 Winds whipped, around 20 miles per hour, approaching the regulatory safety limit. Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026 The South Florida man, who bears more than a striking resemblance to Jeffrey Epstein, was cruising down I-95 in his convertible about a week ago when a passerby whipped out his phone. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026 Slam Marcos strikes back The air in Bobcat Ballpark was dry, and the wind whipped the flags toward the train tracks. Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 23 Mar. 2026 And while public opinion was being whipped, a legal strategy kicked off behind the bench. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026 Bath scrubs, body butters, whipped soaps and more are also available to elevate your routine. Tory Johnson, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whipped
Verb
  • After Cooke lashed out verbally, Wilson intervened and later comforted Batula in a conversation picked up by their microphones.
    Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Trump has lashed out at a number of G7 members and NATO allies for not responding to his calls for help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, although in recent days several of them had indicated a willingness to back appropriate action to restore the key waterway to normal traffic.
    Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Clay Holmes threw 5 2/3 innings, Devin Williams recorded his first save in a Mets uniform, and the Mets limited the Cards to only five hits throughout the entire game, quieting the bats that made a lot of noise in their season-opening series.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Ohtani threw a total of 67⅓ innings last year (including the postseason) in his return from a second elbow surgery.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • My dad glanced behind us once to see if we were being followed, winked at me in the rearview mirror, and then swung our car toward Interstate 80, headed west.
    Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Then the pendulum swung and strength training came into vogue in the ’90s and 2000s as more research emerged suggesting that lifting could help improve bone health and prevent osteoporosis, Petrzela says.
    Caitlin Carlson, SELF, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The jacket hugged every contour of your torso and never flapped in the wind.
    The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
  • As is customary for the deaths of first responders, a gigantic American flag flapped from a crane outside the morgue.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Rumor has it the fashion crowd licked the shelves clean in Paris as soon as the first designs hit stores.
    Christina Holevas, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Of course, the flue was closed, so the fire licked up the walls, left a smell like the fall, like ancient smokehouses and dung.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Meta also slashed headcount across its Facebook, global operations, recruiting, sales and Reality Labs divisions last week, CNBC reported.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Not only are their oil shipments bottled up in the Persian Gulf, output has been slashed as supplies have nowhere to go.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Nearly three weeks earlier, the Ecuadoran military bombed Miguel's farm in a joint military operation with the United States.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Its military has bombed 10,000 targets, but the first thousand were likely more valuable than the tenth.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Estrada Juarez turned the camera to show the sunset.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The Eastlake defense turned three double plays behind him, including a nifty 6-4-3, started by shortstop Zowen Watson, to end the game.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026

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“Whipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whipped. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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