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a quick blow with a whip an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping (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 a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face" thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind" 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" beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" |
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