whipped

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adjective

ˈ(h)wipt 

1

: beaten to a smooth or frothy consistency

whipped cream

whipped potatoes

The mousse-like … texture of the filling comes from whipped egg whites …

—Vanessa Labi

2

a

: subjected to whipping

… the whipped colt …

—Robert Kerwin

—often used in combination

… a fierce wind-whipped wildfire …

—Clara Harter

The sea was an ugly, foam-whipped shade of green …

—Tom Clancy

b

: defeated by or as if by military conquest

Though driven back … they did not feel whipped and longed only to be led against the enemy.

—Theodore F. Lang

c

: extremely tired : exhausted

By ten o'clock, she was whipped. The most she could do at that point was go to bed …

—Terry McMillan

3

slang, disparaging : readily submitting to the will or control of one's romantic partner

"I can't believe he has you so whipped that you're afraid of what he might think."

—Joel McIver

—used especially of a man who submits to a female romantic partner

… my students' sense of Romeo's love of language and Juliet's more practical power and determination grows. "She's the boss," Alissa says, clearly pleased. "He's so whipped!" Erik complains …

—Mary Janell Metzger

whipped

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past tense and past participle of whip entry 1

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

from past participle of whip entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective

1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for whipped

• conscript
• decrypt
• descript
• encrypt
• equipped
• outstripped
• postscript
• rescript
• subscript
• transcript
• transhipped
• transshipped