Definitions for single-whip

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single-whip single whip

Spelling: [hwip, wip]

IPA: /ʰwɪp, wɪp/

Single-Whip is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 372 anagrams from letters in single-whip (-eghiilnpsw).

Definitions for single-whip

noun

1. See under whip (def 24).
2. an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
3. a whipping or lashing stroke or motion.
4. a utensil for whipping; whisk.
5. a dish made of cream or egg whites whipped to a froth with flavoring, often with fruit pulp or the like:
6. Politics. a party manager in a legislative body who secures attendance for voting and directs other members. (in Britain) a written call made on members of a party to be in attendance for voting.
7. a windmill vane.
8. Hunting. a whipper-in.
9. a tackle consisting of a fall rove through a single standing block (single whip) so as to change the direction of hauling with no mechanical advantage, or consisting of a fall secured at one end and rove through a single running and a single standing block (double whip) so as to change the direction of hauling with a mechanical advantage of two, neglecting friction. Compare gun tackle.
10. the wrapping around the end of a whipped cord or the like.
11. Also called whirl. Machinery. eccentric rotation of a shaft having its center line slightly curved between supporting bearings.
12. a branchless shoot of a woody plant, especially one resulting from the first year's growth of a bud or graft.
13. Chiefly British. a person who uses a whip as part of his or her work, as a driver of horses or a coachman.

Verb phrases

1. whip in, Hunting. to prevent from wandering, as hounds.
2. whip off, Informal. to write hurriedly:
3. whip up, Informal. to plan or assemble quickly: to incite; arouse; stir:

verb (used with object)

1. to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash:
2. to strike with quick, repeated strokes of something slender and flexible; lash:
3. to urge or force on with, or as with, a lash, rod, etc.
4. to lash or castigate with words.
5. to train or organize forcefully:
6. Informal. to defeat or overcome:
7. to hoist or haul by means of a whip.
8. to move quickly and suddenly; pull, jerk, seize, or the like, with a sudden movement (often followed by out, in, into, etc.):
9. to fish (a stream, lake, etc.) with rod and line, especially by making repeated casts:
10. to beat (eggs, cream, etc.) to a froth with an eggbeater, whisk, fork, or other implement in order to mix in air and cause expansion.
11. to overlay or cover (cord, rope, etc.) with cord, thread, or the like wound about it:
12. to wind (cord, twine, thread, etc.) about something:
13. to sew with a light overcasting stitch.

verb (used without object)

1. to move or go quickly and suddenly; dart; whisk:
2. to beat or lash about, as a pennant in the wind.
3. to fish with rod and line, especially by casting the line frequently.

Origin of single-whip

1200-50; Middle English w(h)ippe (noun), w(h)ippen (v.); cognate with Dutch wippen to swing, oscillate; compare Low German wip(pe) quick movement

Examples for single-whip

Then one day a single whip of scorpions fell upon his shoulders.