whip-round

noun

ˈ(h)wip-ˌrau̇nd 

chiefly British

: a collection of money made usually for a benevolent purpose

… had a whip-round to help the couple pay for a Paris honeymoon.

—The People (London)

Examples of whip-round in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is the first of our season whip-rounds of all the action happening outside of the Premier League. — Jack Bantock, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for whip-round

• abound
• aground
• around
• astound
• background
• campground
• clothbound
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• expound
• fairground