Verb (used without object) : She whipped into the store for some milk. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : prune whip. From Dictionary.com.
He says he may run because the United States has becoming what he calls the whipping post for the rest of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Donald Trump CPAC Speech Stirs Buzz] Reference
And the prime minister said an independent investigation would turn the Israeli army into what he called a whipping boy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2006] Reference
Undoubtedly Orwell played a major role in whipping up Cold War hysteria. From Wordnik.com. [George Orwell and the Big Cannibal Critics] Reference
The Republicans believe in whipping your slave, the Democrats in lying to your slave. From Wordnik.com. [Tax Cuts for the Rich, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
You also seem to believe in whipping women, seeing your quote at the end of the blog page. From Wordnik.com. [Home Management Booklet] Reference
The SEC delights in whipping Big Ten teams in what's become a rivalry that steams up fans on both sides. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
Tancredo has aided and abetted in whipping up the frenzy against people with olive skin and surnames ending with a vowel. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Even Tancredo worries AZ immigration law may go too far: People shouldn’t be pulled over for how they look.] Reference
A human rights activist calls the whipping 'intolerable.'. From Wordnik.com. Reference
There's one at every club, and they're called whipping boys. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
And a whipping was the only way to give her back her dignity. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
A whipping was a thousand times better: indeed, it would be a mercy. From Wordnik.com. [The Uncalled A Novel] Reference
Otherwise it wouldn't be called whipping … it would be called voting. From Wordnik.com. [Home/News] Reference
I love brie and the idea of whipping it into a different texture is really appealing. From Wordnik.com. [Valentine’s Celebration « I HEART BACON] Reference
She recalled whipping off her sweatshirt in hopes that the night chill would COOl her senses. From Wordnik.com. [Kate]
Kerron, do you understand the idea of whipping on votes, with a 3 line whip being the strongest?. From Wordnik.com. [The Role of Chief Whip] Reference
He, seeing that I was too much for him, gave up the idea of whipping me, and told me to go to my work. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography. Bond and Free: or, Yearnings for Freedom, from My Green Brier House. Being the Story of My Life in Bondage, and My Life in Freedom] Reference
Everyone present was by that time so enraged and frustrated that the idea of whipping him did not seem such a bad one. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
Mainly what he remembered of the whipping was the warmth of blood on his back, and the fact that the camp became very silent. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Man’s Walk] Reference
Clara and I are sure that papa played the trick on Grandma, about the whipping, that is related in "The Adventures of Tom Sayer". From Wordnik.com. [Chapters from My Autobiography] Reference
Seems like it's only in real life that the idea of whipping up the viewers into an anticipatory frenzy isn't necessarily such a good one. From Wordnik.com. [Pen-Elayne on the Web] Reference
See, he preaches a lot of the old "buy now pay later" approach, also known as whipping out the credit card whenever the fancy strikes you. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
Stir in whipping cream and lime juice. From Wordnik.com. [Super Awesome Deluxe Key Lime Pie] Reference
But the wind is kind of whipping around the corner. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2004] Reference
There are often snide jokes about women "whipping" their men. From Wordnik.com. [PdF Chat Time with Tanya Tarr] Reference
So all that lying and cheating and "whipping" was Nads with the gloves on?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-25] Reference
HEMMER: The tail of Mother Nature just kind of whipping us on her way out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 29, 2004] Reference
Seems like you may be "whipping" which will always cause you to lose your fly. From Wordnik.com. [I am new to fly fishing and i am practicing my cast.] Reference
I did it through a different way of just kind of whipping it out there somehow. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Sarah Ferguson Interviews Tiger Woods - February 23, 2001] Reference
But we're getting a lot of wind that's just kind of whipping down these streets. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2008] Reference
And excessive 'whipping' of MPs by party hierarchies further limits genuine scrutiny. From Wordnik.com. ['New politics' claim a sham, senior Conservative MP warns David Cameron] Reference
House Democratic leaders and their aides who were "whipping" it and keeping the same lists. From Wordnik.com. [Lobbying Reform Passes Big - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
But you can see the driving winds, and some onshore winds, just kind of whipping up some waves. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2004] Reference
The story was also featured on the cover with one of Brundage's most infamous 'whipping' scenes. From Wordnik.com. [The Conan Chronicles]
Says spokeswoman Laura Nichols: "We're not by any means 'whipping' it" -- rounding up votes against it. From Wordnik.com. [Giving Them The Business] Reference
Pence's spokesman defended his boss's position earlier today and objected to the notion that Pence was "whipping" the vote. From Wordnik.com. [Newt Gingrich supports the tax deal] Reference
We may thank our stars if the idea of whipping some of us does not occur to them. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Duke of Stockbridge] Reference
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