Read full poem →He is patient of thorn and whip,
He is dumb under axe or dart;
Dictionary Entry
A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
In a Sentence
“I had to use the whip to get the sheep's attention.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. whipwhip chief
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Antonyms
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Poetry examples for “whip”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →You saucy varlet, get out of my way."
Then he gave the fool a cut with his whip
And leaving him smarting, he rode away.
Read full poem →Broad Ax, the Plaindealer, the Searchlight, the Guide,
the Advocate, the Whip, as weekly publications, and
there are also illustrated monthly magazines such as the
Read full poem →To fix’d aims grew, that ask’d for pray’r.
I rode home slowly; whip-in-hand
And soil’d bank-notes all ready, stood
Read full poem →Through the long afternoon, and creeks at dusk
Are guttural. Whip-poor-wills wake and cry,
Drawing the twilight close about their throats.
Read full poem →Was the whirling guess I made,--
And the wind was like a whip
Read full poem →UNCLE ANANIAS 66
THE WHIP 68
THE WHITE LIGHTS 71
Read full poem →_Friar Cuthbert (gesticulating and cracking a postilion's
whip)_ What ho! good people! do you not hear?
Dashing along at the top of his speed,
Read full poem →He did not feel the driver's whip,
Nor the burning heat of day;