cream, Sl. pulverize, Sl. skunk; crush, trample, quash, destroy, do for, Sl. do in.
5. Often
whip out pull, yank, yerk, whisk, flick; show, display, exhibit, present.
6. Often
whip into go into, move into; begin, start, turn on.
7. Usu.
whip around, into, or
off whisk, flit, bustle, scurry, scramble, hurry, rush, Inf. hustle; tear, rip, dart, dash, rampage, zoom, Inf. zip; speed, sprint, race, run, hie, fly, shoot, bolt, whiz, Inf. go like lightning or the wind or the dickens or a house afire; scoot, scud, scuttle, make tracks, flee, Inf. skedaddle.
-n. 8. lash, knout, scourge, flagellum, bullwhip, cat-o'-nine-tails, cat, cowhide, rawhide, quirt, U.S. blacksnake.
9. lash, swat, whack, thwack, swipe, slap, Inf lick, Sl. zinger, Sl. smackeroo; strike, stroke, hit, buffet, cuff, knock, blow, Inf wallop, Inf. sock, Inf. whop; stroke, motion, move, fell swoop,
whipping, n. lashing, birching, switching, flogging, scourging, flagellation, strapping, Inf. lacing, Inf. trimming, Sl. belting; spanking, thrashing, threshing, thrash, Inf. tanning, Inf. whacking; smack, smacking, slap, slapping, swat; beating, battering, pounding, pummeling, pelting, Sl. pasting, Sl. the business, Sl. the works, going-over, Sl. what for; chastisement, punishment, disciplining, correction, medicine,
whirl, v. 1. spin, gyrate, reel, rotate, pivot, pirouette, twirl, twiddle, swivel; turn, revolve, wheel, roll, somersault, flip-flop; wheel around, swing around, turn around, about-face, do a 180°; circle, circum-volve, circumrotate.
-n. 2. rotation, spin, gyration, pivot, pirouette, twirl; turn, somersault, roll, flip-flop; revolution, circuit, circumgyration, circumrotation, round, lap, ambit, orbit, full circle or cycle, 360°; turn, about-face, 180°.
3. round, series, cycle, chain, sequence, succession, progression, train, string, set, bunch, cluster, Sl. whole slew; whirlwind, flurry, flutter, rush.
4. fling, stab, shot, crack, go, try, attempt, essay; trial, trial run, testing, tryout, chance, opportunity, break.
5. whirlpool, maelstrom, swirl, gurge, eddy; vortex, whirlwind, dust devil, dust whirl; tornado, twister, cyclone, typhoon, simoom, samiel; whirlabout, whirligig, gyroscope, top, propeller, whirling dervish; merry-go-round, carousel.
whirlpool, n. vortex, maelstrom, gurge, swirl, whirl; eddy, countercurrent, counterflow, undercurrent, undertow.
whiskey, n. alcohol, liquor, spirits, Inf. booze, Sl. hard stuff; rye, Scotch, bourbon; corn, corn liquor, sour mash; moonshine, shine, home brew, Sl. sneaky pete; mountain dew, John Barleycorn, little brown jug, Scot. barley-bree; tiger milk, Inf. firewater, U.S. redeye, All Sl. rotgut, blue-ruin, hooch, sauce, juice, medicine.
whisper, v. 1. murmur, breathe, sigh, Literary, suspire; mutter, mumble; sibilate, hiss, rustle, sough; buzz, hum, drone.
2. divulge, disclose, reveal; intimate, hint, insinuate; rumor, bruit, tell, breathe a word, blab, gossip, Inf. open one's mouth.
-n. 3. undertone, hushed tones, Inf. hiss-hiss; murmur, sigh, suspiration, sibilation, sibilance, hiss; rustle, rustling, swishing, swish, susurrus, susurration; drone, buzz, hum.
whit, n. particle, bit, jot, tittle, iota; mite, speck, smidgen, Inf. smitch, spot, dot, dab; hair, shaving, paring, moit, sliver; morsel, crumb, grain; little, touch, trifle, hint, tinge, tincture; shadow, trace, suggestion, suspicion; scintilla, spark, twinkle.