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whips

/ wɪps /

plural noun

  1. informal.
    often foll by of a large quantity

    I've got whips of cash at the moment

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Sticks and stones may break my bones / but chains and whips excite me.

Inside a box I could see a pile of whips, chains, ball gags, and hoods.

Crucially, however, government whips have begun to ask Conservative MPs how they would vote on two separate questions.

Nor is it where the gunman then viciously pistol whips his victim repeatedly for having the temerity not to die.

He whips out his Blackberry, recording a video selfie against the neighborhood backdrop.

When what does my gentleman do but whips out an 'oss pistil as long as my harm, and shoots my left 'and neighbor dead!

Sometimes the drivers lash at him with their long whips but he is too quick for them and scampers out of their reach.

The finest of these are lacquered with silver and gold, while the harnesses and whips are made of real silver and gold.

We assumed the character of cattle-buyers, Mr. Pollard furnishing us with cattle-whips to make the assumption plausible.

Those reluctant to fight were driven into the arena with whips or hot iron bars.

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