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whip

From Wiktionary
whip is on the Basic English 850 List.
while - whip - whistle

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Singular
whip

Plural
whips

A whip
  1. (countable) A whip is a long, thin leather instrument. A person uses it, with very quick motion, to give pain. A person uses it on a horse or another person as punishment.
    When the horse sees the whip in the person's hand, the horse gets scared and runs far away.
  2. (countable) (politics) A whip is a member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.

Verb

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Plain form
whip

Third-person singular
whips

Past tense
whipped

Past participle
whipped

Present participle
whipping

  1. (transitive) If you whip something, you hit it with a whip.
    Jockeys whip horses to make them go faster.