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  • present participle of whip.
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whipping

[hwip-ing, wip-] / ˈʰwɪp ɪŋ, ˈwɪp- /


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A few walked alone, their faces frozen in shock, as helicopters landed every few minutes on a football field inside the town's military cantonment, whipping up clouds of dust.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

When Tiedemann posted clips on social media of her whipping up seafood pastas and searing rib-eyes, she became an overnight sensation, as much for her bawdy, uninhibited personality as her culinary prowess.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

“Those trucks were really whipping around. We dressed a couple of stunt Kennedys who were placed around them to make sure they were safe.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Note: If the ricotta seems especially wet, drain it in a fine-mesh sieve before whipping.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

“Look, I’ve been playing basketball almost every day of my life for the past three years. I’ll be eighteen soon. He’s getting older. It’s time I started whipping him.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The father of the student told BBC Pidgin he approved the whippings.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2021

English officials jailed as many as 15,000 Quakers, and their missionaries faced whippings, exile, and even the death penalty in Massachusetts.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

James Bolton, interviewed by a white worker in Athens, Georgia, told this story about whippings:

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2016

So too with one of the workshop editions of “Ecce Homo”: Bosch presents a Christ who is bowed and lacerated with whippings and dripping with blood, whereas his follower presents Christ standing upright, seemingly unhurt.

From Economist ● Feb. 25, 2016

Aunt Loma’s heart was down on a level with Mr. Angus Tuttle’s, and he had caused me more whippings than I could count.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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