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whip

noun
verb
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noun
1 noun strip of leather, cord etcfuip fem2  c m ulasc fem2  c m uhunting whip fuip sheilge, fuip fiaighriding whip fuip mharcaíochta 2 noun POL party officialaoire masc4  c m uthe opposition whip aoire an fhreasúra
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3 noun POL order to votefógra aoirethree-line whip fógra trí líne 4 noun FOOD dessertcoipeog fem2
verb
5 verb lash TRANSITIVElasc verb  c m ufuipeáil verb  c m uhe whipped the horse once thug sé lasc den fhuip don chapallthe slaves would be whipped dhéantaí na sclábhaithe a fhuipeáilthe donkey was whipped into a trot cuireadh an t-asal sna sodair leis an bhfuip 6 verb hit against sb/sth TRANSITIVElasc verb  c m ugread verb  c m uthe rain was whipping my face bhí an bháisteach ag greadadh m'aghaidhe 7 verb move quickly
INTRANSITIVEhe whipped around suddenly chas sé thart go tobanna bike whipped past her chuaigh rothar ag ropadh thairsti, chuaigh rothar thart léi de sciotán
TRANSITIVEshe whipped her head around chas sí a ceann thart go sciobthahe whipped in a low free kick lasc sé cic saor íseal isteach
8 verb remove sb/sth quickly TRANSITIVEsciob verb  c m ushe whipped the keys off the desk sciob sí na heochracha den deasche whipped a knife out of his pocket tharraing sé scian as a phóca go tobann 9 verb COOK beat (cream etc) TRANSITIVEcoip verb  c m ubuail verb  c m u 10 verb informal steal TRANSITIVEgoid verb  c m usciob verb  c m uher purse was whipped goideadh a sparán 11 verb (especially US), informal defeat soundly TRANSITIVEgread verb  c m ugreadadh a thabhairt do  c m uthey got whipped greadadh iad, buaileadh caoch iad 12 verb stir, rouse TRANSITIVEto whip sb into a rage duine a ghriogadh chun cuthaighhe whips them into a frenzy gríosaíonn sé iad go mbíonn siad ar mire glan
phrases

the whip hand

an lámh uachtairan lámh in uachtarto gain the whip hand in sth an lámh in uachtar a fháil i rud

to whip up a storm

informal 1 provoke strong reactionraic a tharraingtthe article whipped up a storm tharraing an t-alt raic, bhí sé ina raic mar gheall ar an alt 2 perform energeticallythe band were whipping up a storm bhí an banna ag seinm go spleodrach

to whip sb into line

smacht a chur ar dhuineI'll whip them into line cuirfidh mise smacht orthu, cuirfidh mise múineadh orthu

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