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A whip is a stick, cord or strap, usually with a stiff handle, used for striking or as an animal training aid.

Whip may refer to:

• Whip (Computer Science), Web Human Interaction Pages
• Flagellation, punishment using a whip
• Riding crop, a short, stiff whip used in certain Equestrian disciplines
• Whip (instrument), a percussion instrument
• Whip (politics), a member of a legislature who ensures party members attend and vote as the party leadership desires
• Whip (tree), a slender unbranched shoot or plant
• WHIP (AM), North Carolina radio station
• Walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP), baseball statistic
• The Whip (ride), a ride designed and built by W.F. Mangels Company.
• Whip (dance), swing dance popular in Texas
• Swingout, dance move also known as a whip
• Washington Whips, defunct US soccer/football team
• Whip (King of Fighters), a video game character
• Tail whip, bike or scooter trick
• Whisk, kitchen instrument used to whip
• Another word for prefect used in some British and Commmonwealth public schools.
  • Sometimes a commercial brand of food which has been whisked is tradenamed as a type of "whip".

Whip may also refer to:

• Whip antenna
• Whipping knot, a kind of binding to prevent a cut end from fraying
• In rap culture, an automobile
• Cool Whip, a brand of imitation whipped cream
• Miracle Whip, a salad dressing and sandwich spread
• Chain whip, martial arts weapon and bicycle chain repair tool
• Papaya whip, a pastel shade of peach
• Pussy whipped
• Whipstitch, for protecting edges in sewing
• "Whip" is also a motocross term, describing the action of a rider rotating the motorcycle sideways in a "whipping" motion.
• The Whip (comics) is also the name of several DC Comics characters

In music:

• The Whip (UK band), Salford electro-pop band
• Whip (folk band), US folk singer-songwriter
• Whipped!, 1992 album by glam metal band Faster Pussycat
• "Whip It," a song by Devo
• "Whipping" (song), a 1994 song by grunge band Pearl Jam, from their album Vitalogy

[edit] See also

• WIP (disambiguation)