to whip in

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to whip in - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whip \Whip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whipped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Whipping.] [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other
     cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up
     and down, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to
     shake, to toss up, and L. vibrare to shake. Cf. Vibrate.]
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     1. To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender
        and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a
        carpet.
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     2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to
        rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.
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     3. To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat;
        as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine
        lashes; to whip a perverse boy.
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              Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     4. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with
        sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.
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              They would whip me with their fine wits. --Shak.
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     5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip
        wheat.
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     6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a
        whisk, fork, or the like.
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     7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat;
        to surpass. [Slang, U. S.]
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     8. To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords
        going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a
        seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over.
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              Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut.
                                                    --Moxon.
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     9. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into
        gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing
        up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle.
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              In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. --Gay.
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     10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch;
         -- with into, out, up, off, and the like.
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               She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her
               arm.                                 --L'Estrange.
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               He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and
               writes descriptions of everything he sees.
                                                    --Walpole.
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     11. (Naut.)
         (a) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
         (b) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from
             untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
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     12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly,
         the motion being that employed in using a whip.
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               Whipping their rough surface for a trout.
                                                    --Emerson.
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     To whip in, to drive in, or keep from scattering, as hounds
        in a hurt; hence, to collect, or to keep together, as
        member of a party, or the like.
  
     To whip the cat.
         (a) To practice extreme parsimony. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby.
         (b) To go from house to house working by the day, as
             itinerant tailors and carpenters do. [Prov. & U. S.]
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