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whimsical adj. 1 quaint, fey, fanciful, odd, curious, unusual,
chimeric(al), queer, singular, peculiar, funny, fantastic(al),
pixyish, playful, puckish, absurd, preposterous, Colloq offbeat:
When Andrew's whimsical drawings caught on they were bought by
greetings card makers. 2 capricious, erratic, eccentric,
wavering, flighty, unsettled, fickle, mercurial, wavering,
fluctuating, unpredictable, inconsistent, volatile, unsteady:
The buses in our village run on what could best be termed a
whimsical timetable.
whip v. 1 beat, thrash, lash, flog, horsewhip, scourge, switch,
cane, birch, flagellate, leather, spank, strap; castigate,
chastise, punish, discipline; Slang tan, US wale: They learnt
right from wrong because father whipped them when they were
wrong. 2 trounce, defeat, beat, conquer, overwhelm, rout,
overcome, overpower, thwart, check, best, worst, drub, stop,
outdo, Colloq lick, wipe the floor with, batter, Slang
pulverize, clobber, destroy, ruin, murder, slaughter, kill,
squash, smash, US cream: Karpilova whipped O'Meara 6-0, 6-2 at
today's match. 3 run, scamper, scoot, race, scurry, scramble,
hurry, flit, rush, dash, dart, Colloq zip, zoom, skedaddle: I
whipped round the corner and dived behind a tree to hide. 4
beat, whisk, fluff up: Whip the egg-whites till they are stiff.
5 Nautical seize, bind, wind, fasten, tie: The end of the line
is whipped to prevent its unravelling. 6 whip out. yank out,
jerk out, pull (out), whisk out, present, exhibit, flash,
produce: He suddenly whipped out a gun and started shooting. 7
whip up. a stir up, agitate, arouse, rouse, work up, excite,
incite: The rabble-rousers whipped the crowd into a frenzy. b
improvise, put together or assemble or prepare quickly or
hurriedly, Colloq knock together, knock up, US slap together:
Tina whipped up a snack while we were waiting for Ken to arrive.
--n. 8 scourge, knout, lash, cat-o'-nine-tails, rawhide, quirt,
horsewhip, bull-whip, cane, birch, switch, thong, (riding-)crop,
Colloq cat: We dreaded it when Dr Hazen eyed the whip hung
behind the classroom door.
whipping n. 1 beating, thrashing, lashing, flogging, horsewhipping,
scourging, switching, caning, birching, flagellation, spanking:
Once he had had a whipping, the boy would not misbehave again.