Synonyms of whips

whips 1 of 2

noun

plural of whip

as in straps

a long thin or flexible tool for striking

a 100-year-old whip that was once used by a coachman

Synonyms & Similar Words

• straps
• canes
• batons
• floggers
• lashes
• switches
• scourges
• bullwhips
• quirts
• bats
• birches
• crops
• bludgeons
• rattans
• flails
• hickories
• knouts
• nightsticks
• cudgels
• rawhides
• billies
• cowhides
• blacksnakes
• staffs
• clubs
• cat-o'-nine-tails
• billy clubs
• bastinadoes

whips

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of whip

1

as in hides

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

whipped the animal when it did not move fast enough to please him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hides
• slashes
• flicks
• slaps
• flogs
• flails
• lashes
• spanks
• switches
• thrashes
• knocks
• leathers
• flagellates
• scourges
• hits
• licks
• cuts
• punches
• horsewhips
• tans
• smacks
• mauls
• whacks
• clips
• bangs
• straps
• whales
• bats
• pounds
• swipes
• claps
• beats
• birches
• cowhides
• thumps
• canes
• rawhides
• swats
• quirts
• boxes
• clubs
• cudgels
• bludgeons
• socks
• thwacks
• pelts
• smites
• paddles
• pummels
• cuffs
• bashes
• hammers
• cracks
• belts
• clouts
• clobbers
• knouts
• wallops
• bops
• pastes
• threshes
• touches up
• mangles
• lams
• batters
• slugs
• lathers
• buffets
• slates
• laces
• bastes
• roughs
• blackjacks
• busts
• lambastes
• works over
• belabors
• slogs
• pistol-whips
• fustigates
• tromps
• whups
• pommels
• fibs
• drubs
• whops
• bungs

2

as in bombs

to defeat by a large margin

we whipped them 13-0 in the last game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bombs
• throws
• overcomes
• buries
• beats
• thrashes
• masters
• dusts
• smokes
• clobbers
• routs
• wallops
• tops
• flattens
• upsets
• smothers
• annihilates
• pastes
• trims
• takes
• waxes
• creams
• skins
• overwhelms
• blows away
• sweeps
• whups
• scores
• trounces
• whomps
• whops
• drubs
• licks
• conquers
• beats the pants off
• surpasses
• tromps
• destroys
• exceeds
• shellacs
• succeeds
• runs circles around
• dispatches
• subdues
• eats alive
• crushes
• wipes the floor with
• caps
• snows under
• skunks
• surmounts
• slaughters
• overpowers
• vanquishes
• overthrows
• subjugates
• hurdles
• finishes
• outdoes
• bests
• excels
• transcends
• overbears
• wins (against)
• eclipses
• outstrips
• prevails (over)
• outshines
• upends
• breaks
• knocks over
• outdistances
• flourishes
• overtops
• knocks off
• triumphs (over)
• betters
• sinks
• overmatches
• edges (out)
• worsts
• noses out
• pips
• aces (out)
• does in
• outfights

3

as in swings

to change the course or direction of (something)

any more complaints and I'm whipping this car around and heading back home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swings
• turns
• deflects
• wheels
• shifts
• veers
• diverts
• moves
• redirects
• whirls
• swivels
• switches
• deviates
• sways
• swerves
• averts
• twists
• zigzags
• shunts
• bends
• reverses
• curves
• transfers
• rechannels
• turns back
• sidetracks

4

as in flutters

to move or cause to move with a striking motion

her hair whipped in the wind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flutters
• flaps
• flails
• flops
• waves
• beats
• flicks
• swings
• knocks
• sways
• smacks
• thumps
• bangs
• spanks
• flits
• flickers
• pounds
• batters
• oscillates
• fans
• undulates
• throbs
• buffets
• pulses
• palpitates

5

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

huge raindrops whipped the windows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• hides
• lashes
• pounds
• slaps
• beats
• spanks
• knocks
• pelts
• thumps
• punches
• batters
• hits
• smashes
• does
• slams
• mauls
• assaults
• attacks
• bludgeons
• flogs
• pummels
• bats
• paddles
• bashes
• hammers
• thrashes
• chops
• belts
• clubs
• threshes
• smacks
• whacks
• wallops
• switches
• lathers
• boxes
• raids
• buffets
• tans
• laces
• bastes
• slates
• storms
• lambastes
• punches out
• works over
• swipes
• curries
• drubs
• slogs
• belabors
• wounds
• tromps
• whups
• whales
• pommels
• swats
• rushes
• fibs
• whops
• roughs (up)
• cracks
• thwacks
• straps
• birches
• messes (up)
• beats up on
• cuffs
• socks
• assails
• clouts
• pastes
• clobbers
• cudgels
• canes
• whams
• descends (on or upon)
• bungs up
• lams
• jumps (on)
• flagellates
• leathers
• scourges
• besets
• lacerates
• horsewhips
• lays on
• busts
• whomps
• gores
• pounces (on or upon)
• mutilates
• mangles
• maims
• blackjacks
• pistol-whips
• cowhides
• fustigates
• rawhides

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whips

Noun

The young trees, often called whips, have high stem densities. — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

Her earliest memories are of an underground bunker, patrolled by male guards with whips, where she was imprisoned with thirty-nine older women. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

The men came wielding sticks, leather whips, cricket bats, and hammers. — Julie Bourdin, Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2026

The unrest began in mid-March but has intensified, leaving at least three dead as vigilantes armed with spears, clubs, and whips assaulted migrants and destroyed their homes. — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 28 June 2026

During enslavement, physical violence, such as being beaten with whips, was used to control Black bodies. — Nia Dumas, NPR, 16 June 2026

In our study, leadership included the speaker, party leaders, whips, caucus or conference chairs, and committee chairs or ranking members. — Mayank Kejriwal, The Conversation, 10 June 2026

And when the wind whips, the air reeks of a potent campfire — but no campers are around. — Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

Debris slams against the other side, whips beneath the door, slashing cuts into Jones’ and the doctor’s ankles. — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026

Verb

Castro whips her head around and follows him, punching him in the back. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

Green whips out his phone with the fluid motion of a digital native and snaps a photo. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

Bertha whips Bridget for inspiring uncomfortable feelings in her. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Instead of floating crosses in, Saka either whips his deliveries low near the six-yard box or works a slightly more central position to cut the ball back with a firmer connection. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 26 June 2026

The vessel bends, blocks, and whips the wind into complex micro-currents before the air ever hits the sails. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026

Stephen Fry whips out his phone to snag a picture with Johnny Knoxville inside the Fox Upfront 2026 afterparty in New York City on May 11. — People Staff, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026

The ride travels on an elliptical track and whips riders around bends. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 8 May 2026

Canty is one of the coaches who whips students into shape. — Terell Bailey, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026