different between whip vs club
whip
English
Etymology
From Middle English whippen, wippen (“to flap violently”), from Middle Dutch wippen (“to swing, leap, dance, oscillate”) and Middle Low German wippen (“to move quickly”), from Proto-Germanic *wipjan? (“to move back and forth”). Some similarity to Sanskrit root ???? (vep, “shake, flourish”), Latin vibr? (“I shake”). (See Swedish vippa and Danish vippe (“to shake”)).
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?p, IPA(key): /w?p/
- Rhymes: -?p
- enPR: hw?p, IPA(key): /??p/
Noun
whip (plural whips)
- 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.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- A blow administered with a whip.
- 1832, The Atheneum (volume 31, page 493)
- I had hardly said the word, when Kit jumped into the saddle, and gave his horse a whip and a spur — and off it cantered, as if it were in as great a hurry to be married as Kit himself.
- 1832, The Atheneum (volume 31, page 493)
- (hunting) A whipper-in.
- 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, p. 27:
- From the far side of the wood came the long shrill screech […] which signifies that one of the whips has viewed the fox quitting the covert.
- 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, p. 27:
- (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
- (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- Whipped cream.
- (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- (African-American Vernacular) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- 2017, Stormzy, Return of the Rucksack
- Big whip I'm underground parking
- 2017, Stormzy, Return of the Rucksack
- (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
- (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
Synonyms
- (last for directing animals): crop (especially for horses), dressage whip (especially for horses), driving whip (especially for horses), jumping bat (especially for horses), flail, knout, lash, quirt, scourge, sjambok (South African), thong
- (lash for corporal punishment): cat (nautical), flail, knout, lash, quirt, scourge, sjambok (South African), thong
- (political party enforcer): party whip
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- whip snake
Translations
Verb
whip (third-person singular simple present whips, present participle whipping, simple past and past participle whipped)
- (transitive) To hit with a whip.
- (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
- (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- 1677-1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick exercises
- Its string […] is firmly whipt about with small Gut
- 1677-1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick exercises
- (transitive, 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.
- In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie.
- (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- 1858, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Adirondac
- whipping its rough surface for a trout
- 1858, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Adirondac
- (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- 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.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann
- He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees.
- 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann
- (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- (figuratively) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
Synonyms
- (to hit with a whip): Thesaurus:whip
- (to move very fast): flail
- thrash
- thresh
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- ghost ride the whip
References
- Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson: 1828. A dictionary of the English language 2nd edition. Publisher: William Pickering, 1828. 831 pages. Page 818. Google Public Domain Books : [2]
Further reading
- whip in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- whip at OneLook Dictionary Search
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club
English
Etymology
From Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”), from Proto-Indo-European *glemb- (“log, block”), from *gel- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”), German Kolben (“butt, bulb, club”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kl?b, IPA(key): /kl?b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Noun
club (plural clubs)
- An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- (archaic) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
- 1783, Benjamin Franklin:[1]
- He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it.
- 1783, Benjamin Franklin:[1]
- A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything.
- An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- 17 Mat 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary
- first we went and dined at a French house , but paid 10s for our part of the club
- 17 Mat 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- A black clover shape (?), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- A club sandwich.
- 2004, Joanne M. Anderson, Small-town Restaurants in Virginia (page 123)
- Crab cake sandwiches, tuna melts, chicken clubs, salmon cakes, and prime-rib sandwiches are usually on the menu.
- 2004, Joanne M. Anderson, Small-town Restaurants in Virginia (page 123)
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
Synonyms
- (association of members): confraternity
- (weapon): cudgel
- (sports association): team
Hyponyms
- chess club
- sports club
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Tokelauan: kalapu
Translations
Verb
club (third-person singular simple present clubs, present participle clubbing, simple past and past participle clubbed)
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- He clubbed the poor dog.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubb'd into a dream.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
- a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- We went clubbing in Ibiza.
- When I was younger, I used to go clubbing almost every night.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, Death and Daphne
- The owl, the raven, and the bat / Clubb'd for a feather to his hat.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, Death and Daphne
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- to club the expense
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- to club exertions
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- For instance, let us suppose that Homer and Virgil, Aristotle and Cicero, Thucydides and Livy, could have met all together, and have clubbed their several talents to have composed a treatise on the art of dancing: I believe it will be readily agreed they could not have equalled the excellent treatise which Mr Essex hath given us on that subject, entitled, The Rudiments of Genteel Education.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
Derived terms
- clubbing
- go clubbing
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Noun
club m (plural clubs)
- club (association)
- (golf) club
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?p/
- Hyphenation: club
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
club m (plural clubs, diminutive clubje n)
- club, association
- (golf) club
Derived terms
- clubhuis
- damclub
- golfclub
- handbalclub
- schaakclub
- skiclub
- stamclub
- tennisclub
- voetbalclub
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Pronunciation
- (France) IPA(key): /klœb/, /klyb/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /kl?b/
Noun
club m (plural clubs)
- club (association)
- (golf) club
Synonyms
- (golf club): bâton (Quebec)
Derived terms
- bienvenue au club
Further reading
- “club” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klab/, /?kl?b/
Noun
club m (invariable)
- club (association)
- club (golf implement)
Middle English
Noun
club
- Alternative form of clubbe
Romanian
Etymology
From French club.
Noun
club n (plural cluburi)
- club
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klub/, [?klu??]
Noun
club m (plural clubs or clubes)
- club (association)
- Synonyms: asociación, cofradía, gremio
Derived terms
- club de fans
- club nocturno
Further reading
- “club” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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