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whipped

[ wipt, hwipt ]

adjective

  1. having received a whipping.
  2. subdued or defeated as though by whipping:

    whipped by poverty.

  3. beaten into a froth:

    whipped cream.

  4. Slang. exhausted; tired; beat:

    After all that weeding, I'm whipped.

  5. Slang. excessively devoted to or controlled by one’s romantic partner.


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Other Words From

  • un·whipped adjective
  • well-whipped adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of whipped1

First recorded in 1540–50; whip + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

Serve with the warm sauce and your choice of ice cream, whipped cream, or yogurt.

She slowly moves her straw through the whipped cream in her designer latte and looks up.

Biographer Jane Ridley has written of Edward VII, “He spied on Bertie, he whipped him, he treated him as a patient.”

The best part, says Ansel, is the “utterly addictive” whipped honey brown butter served in a dish alongside.

He whipped with his right hand, urging California Chrome for one final kick, but the horse was swallowed.

But there was a breeze blowing, a choppy, stiff wind that whipped the water into froth.

Then Shiv whipped his wheel around for a short turn into the mouth of an alley.

She knew very well that the lightness in her voice had whipped him, and that he was "feeling badly."

A man was whipped through London for going to court when his house was infected by plague.

We will have but little rest until Hindman, who is gathering a large force in northern Arkansas, is thoroughly whipped.

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