whip up

verb

whipped up; whipping up; whips up

1

: to excite (someone or something) : to cause (someone or something) to feel strong emotions about something

His speech whipped up the crowd.

2

informal : to cause or create (something)

She was trying to whip up some enthusiasm.

3

informal : to produce or prepare (a meal) very quickly

I can whip a meal up in no time.

Examples of whip up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even Jack’s new invention, the electric mixer, couldn’t whip up a more delicious start. — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Sephora Collection masks also keep whipping up a lather of excitement. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026

Spread out across expansive work stations that resemble gleaming kitchen cubicles, chefs spend their days whipping up meals from soup to nuts, a laboratory of sorts to create appetizing and easy dinners to make at home. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

After answering a quick set of questions about your hair texture, skin tone, amount of grays, and so forth, a colorist whips up a bespoke batch of permanent or semi-permanent hair dye, complete with application tips, delivered right to your door. — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 1 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for whip up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup