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Meanings of whip in English

Russian
плеть
Portuguese
chicote
Spanish
zurriago
Catalan
xurriaca
Wikidata

Tool designed to strike animals or people to aid in guidance or exert control through pain compliance or fear of pain.

плеть
Russian
хлопушка
Spanish
látigo
Catalan
fuet
Wikidata

Musical instrument.

хлопушка
Catalan
fuetada

A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object.

fuetada
Portuguese
chicotear
Catalan
assotar
Spanish
zurrar

Beat severely with a whip or rod.

chicotear
Usage of whip in English
1
In one hand was a heavy whip; in the other a pistol.
Daughter of the Sun / A Tale of Adventure
2
The whip was whirring in the air again; but it never fell.
The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
3
We're going to need someone to whip our American family into shape.
Ebony
4
Ms Shortall resigns as Minister of State and relinquishes the Labour whip.
The Irish Times
5
With the current whip rules, however, we will be selling racing Lite.
The Guardian
6
They used the whip and the rattan stick; and twisted his nose.
Michael, Brother of Jerry
7
He threw the whip down in the snow and walked away mad.
Lost Face
8
Opposition is the whip to action; a too-ready acquiescence the slackened rein.
The Masquerader
9
She swings the whip around, so that it whizzes in the air.
Hadda Pada
10
Behind him would be Mit-sah, the great whip singing in his hand.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
11
The whip with which she beat the dogs swung in her hand.
Hidden Creek
12
Enormous waves whip across the water, powerful enough to drown you all.
A memory of wind
13
Then the Englishman thought it time to whip up and canter in.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 / Negligible Tal...
14
The simple and intelligible terms of whip and tory were universally used.
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1.
15
The sword and the whip are the weapons of a privileged caste.
The Barbarism of Berlin
16
But I felt that I had the whip-hand and held myself in.
Swept Out to Sea / Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers