skip vs whip

skip

verb
  • To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface. 

  • To move by hopping on alternate feet. 

  • To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. 

  • To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface. 

  • To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch. 

  • To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1). 

  • To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage). 

  • To have insufficient ink transfer. 

  • To leap about lightly. 

  • Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting). 

  • To jump rope. 

  • To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner. 

  • To leap lightly over. 

noun
  • A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep). 

  • A college servant. 

  • A skip car. 

  • The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks. 

  • An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent. 

  • A leaping, jumping or skipping movement. 

  • The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him. 

  • The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. 

  • A wheeled basket used in cotton factories. 

  • A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket. 

  • A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found. 

  • A charge of syrup in the pans. 

  • A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. 

  • skywave propagation 

  • The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain. 

  • The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary. 

  • A beehive. 

  • A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock. 

whip

verb
  • To throw or kick an object at a high velocity. 

  • To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling. 

  • To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread. 

  • To hoist or purchase by means of a whip. 

  • To urge into action or obedience. 

  • To hit with any flexible object. 

  • To move very fast. 

  • To transfer momentum from one skater to another. 

  • To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food. 

  • To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking. 

  • To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc. 

  • To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy. 

  • To snap back and forth like a whip. 

  • To hit with a whip. 

  • To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts. 

  • To defeat, as in a contest or game. 

  • To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc. 

noun
  • A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals. 

  • A whipper-in. 

  • A blow administered with a whip. 

  • A coach driver; a coachman. 

  • The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club. 

  • A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament. 

  • A move in which one player transfers momentum to another. 

  • The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure. 

  • A whipping motion; a thrashing about. 

  • The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture. 

  • A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation. 

  • A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes; a whipper-in. 

  • A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit 

  • A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions. 

  • A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage. 

  • Whipped cream. 

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