whip definition

1. an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
2. a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
3. a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
4. (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
5. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
• examples: the whip raised a red welt
6. thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
• examples: The tall grass whipped in the wind
7. strike as if by whipping
• examples: The curtain whipped her face