v. 1
To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
He whipped the ball at me.
v. 2
To hit with a whip.
The rider whipped the horse.
n. 1
A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals. The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
Once he ran out of appeals, he knew he would soon feel the sting of the whip.
n. 2
A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
I was going to vote against the bill, but the party whip came to see me and made it clear I needed to vote for it.

Related words

Word family: whiplash whiplike whipman whipmaster whippet whippy whipsaw whipsman
Phrases: whip up whip down whip into shape sennet whip weed whip pencil whip whip scorpion whip zoom
Is a kind of: attack beat drive punish

Forms

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: cut¹, cat¹, pip¹
4 letters: beat¹, hide¹, belt¹, crop¹, jerk¹, lash¹, maul¹, hurl¹, pelt¹, flog¹, whop, yerk
5 letters: worst¹, pound¹, strap¹, slash¹, fling¹, thong¹, spank¹, whisk¹, flail¹, scald¹, quirt
6 letters: driver², strike¹, switch¹, defeat², punish², stripe¹, thrash¹, lather², scorch¹, trompe, wippen
7 letters: conquer², scourge¹, blister², trounce¹, sjambok
8 letters: whiplash², chastise²
9 letters: flagellum³
10 letters: flagellate³
11 letters: precipitate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (driver² = 2 syllables).