Verb

(whipp)

To hit with a whip.

The rider whipped the horse.

By extension, to hit with any flexible object.

I whipped her with a newspaper.

(slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.

* 2008 , Edward Keating, The Joy of Ex: A Novel

She whips me in the first game of pool, I do not even get a shot. Eight-balled from the break.

To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.

to whip eggs or cream

To urge into action.

He whipped the department into shape.

(nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.

* Moxon

Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut.

(nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.

to whip a ruffle

* John Gay

In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie.

To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.

* He whipped the ball at me.

* {{quote-news

, year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cech's bar.}}

To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.

* Emerson

whipping their rough surface for a trout

To snap back and forth like a whip.

* The pennants whipped in the wind.

To move very fast.

* The wind whipped through the valley.

* L'Estrange

Two friends, travelling, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat upon the ground.

* 1886 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde)

He looked up when I came in, gave a kind of cry, and whipped upstairs into the cabinet. It was but for one minute that I saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills.

To move (something) very fast; often with up'', ''out , etc.

* L'Estrange

She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm.

* Walpole

He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees.

(roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.

(figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.

* Shakespeare

They would whip me with their fine wits.

To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.

to whip wheat

Verb

(lb) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.

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*:"I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal'. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't ' steal ."

To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.

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(lb) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.

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*(Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)

*:Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the mind from its steady pursuit of any subject.

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:Always, when thou changest thine opinion or course, profess it plainly,and do not think to steal it.

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To acquire at a low price.

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(lb) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.

(lb) To move silently or secretly.

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*1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Ch.1:

*:"Did he take his bottle well?" Mrs. Flanders whispered, and Rebecca nodded and went to the cot and turned down the quilt, and Mrs. Flanders bent over and looked anxiously at the baby, asleep, but frowning. The window shook, and Rebecca stole like a cat and wedged it.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport

, title= Man Utd 1-6 Man City , passage=United's hopes of mounting a serious response suffered a blow within two minutes of the restart when Evans, who had endured a miserable afternoon, lost concentration and allowed Balotelli to steal in behind him. The defender's only reaction was to haul the Italian down, resulting in an inevitable red card.}}

To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.

*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:They could insinuate and steal themselves under the same by their humble carriage and submission.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:He will steal himself into a man's favour.

To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.

To dispossess

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=February 12, author=Les Roopanarine, work=BBC

, title= Birmingham 1-0 Stoke , passage=However, until Gardner stole the ball from Dean Whitehead in the centre circle with the half-hour approaching, setting off on a run which culminated with a testing long-range shot - with debutant Obafemi Martins lurking, Begovic gathered at the second time of asking - Stoke looked the more credible contenders to break the deadlock.}}