To strike with a lash or sweeping cord; as, to whip a horse.

To sew slightly.

To drive with lashes; as, to whip a top.

To punish with the whip; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy. Who, for false quantities, was whippd at school.

To lash with sarcasm. They would whip me with their fine wits.

To strike; to thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat. To whip about or round, to wrap; to inwrap; as, to whip a line round a rod. To whip out, to draw nimbly; to snatch; as, to whip out a sword or rapier from its sheath. To whip from, to take away suddenly. To whip into, to thrust in with a quick motion. He whipped his hand into his pocket. To whip us, to seize or take up with a quick motion. She whipped up the child, and ran off. Among seamen, to hoist with a whip or small tackle.

To move nimbly; to start suddenly and run; or to turn and run; as, the boy whipped away in an instant; he whipped round the corner; he whipped into the house, and was out of wight in a moment.

An instrument for driving horses or other teams, or for correction, consisting of a lash tied to a handle or rod.

In ships, a small tackle, used to hoist light bodies. Whip and spur, with the utmost haste.