Whip
Crossword Clue & Answers

16 November 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Easy Crossword
We found 30 answers for the crossword clue 'Whip', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Easy Crossword.
We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.
We have given Whip a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.
As well as being a clue we've also seen Whip as an answer itself some 128 times.
Whip is a single word clue made up of 4 letters.
We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Easy Crossword' on Monday, 20 September 2021 with the answer being LASH, we also found LASH to be the most popular answer for this clue.
We've seen this clue in the following publications:
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 20 Sep 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 18 Jun 2021
- The Sun Cryptic - 26 May 2021
- The Sun Cryptic - 24 Apr 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 4 Mar 2021
- The Mirror Quick - 9 Jan 2021
- The Sun Cryptic - 30 Oct 2020
- The Mirror Quick - 24 Oct 2020
- The Daily Mail Quick - 1 Sep 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - 20 Aug 2020
Definitions and usage
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- A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"
- An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- A legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- Defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
- Whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs"
- Subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"
- Thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- A dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- Strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"
- Beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
Crossword Answers
2 Letters
AP
3 Letters
PIP
A mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
TAN
A light brown the color of topaz
4 Letters
BEAT
The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
BEST
The supreme effort one can make; "they did their best"
FLAY
Strip the skin off
FLOG
Beat with a cane
LASH
A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"
WELT
A raised or strengthened seam
5 Letters
KNOUT
A whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
MOPUP
A concluding action
SCALD
The act of burning with steam or hot water
SLASH
A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
STRAP
A band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
WHISK
A mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
WORST
The weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of; "it was the worst he had ever done on a test"
6 Letters
DEFEAT
The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
FERULE
A switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children
LATHER
The foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
PUNISH
Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
RACKUP
Defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
SWITCH
The act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
THRASH
A swimming kick used while treading water
7 Letters
BLISTER
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
SCOURGE
A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
TROUNCE
Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
8 Letters
WHIPLASH
A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"
9 Letters
PARTYWHIP
A legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
10 Letters
FLAGELLATE
A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
13 Letters
CATONINETAILS
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