whipped
Because it is a word with a single syllable, whipped is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofwhipped
- To hit with a whip.
Example: "The rider whipped the horse."
- (by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
Example: "I whipped her with a newspaper."
- To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
Example: "to whip eggs or cream"
- To urge into action or obedience.
Example: "He whipped the department into shape."
- To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
Example: "to whip a ruffle"
- To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
Example: "He whipped the ball at me."
- To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- To snap back and forth like a whip.
Example: "The pennants whipped in the wind."
- To move very fast.
Example: "The wind whipped through the valley."
- To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
Example: "to whip wheat"
- Controlled by a spouse or significant other to an unreasonable degree.
Example: "He knew he was whipped when he turned down a football game so they could shop for linens."
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