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To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.

nights errant. Shelton. Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold. -- Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and lips. -- Cream cheese, a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has…

A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash. Neck and crop, altogether; roughly and at once. [Colloq.]

To make a stroke with a whip.

A shell or cup of pastry filled with custard, whipped cream, crushed macaroons, etc.

To discipline; to correct. [Obs.] And bitter Penance, with an iron whip, Was wont him once to disple every day. Spenser.

To beat or whip; to drive. [Obs.] Otway.

y contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs. Who feel Those rods of scorpions and those whips of steel. Creecn.

A slender thread, as that of a cobweb. Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film. Shak.

An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad.

To whip; to scourge; to flog.

A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. Garth.

One who practices flagellation; one who whips or scourges.

Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering.

A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.

To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. Thackeray.

s. -- Floating island, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs. -- Floating kidney. (Med.) See Wandering kidney, under Wandering. -- Floating light, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners of danger; a…

To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.

Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.

ligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play. Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig. Shak.