whip-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: Beat or hit (as if) with a whip.

Commentary: Includes: PISTOL-WHIP
NOTE: Includes metaphorical examples. Compare to sense 6. In sense 1, an agent whips a patient INTO a state, while sense 6 includes WHIP UP only.

Examples:
Police say the suspect pistol-whipped the victims several times.
In 1589 it was decreed that fathers could whip their illegitimate
children.
Our manager whipped the department into shape last year.
Father whipped his clerks into submission.

Mappings:
VerbNet: knead-26.5,spank-18.3
FrameNet: Cause_harm
PropBank: whip.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4

Sense Number 2: Defeat thoroughly (in a competition or with criticism).

Examples:
People found money-making strategies that whipped the Depression.
The Panthers whipped the Knights this weekend 65 to 7.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 6

Sense Number 3: beat with a whisk usually with the purpose of changing the consistency of an entity.

Examples:
Whip the egg whites until you can create stiff peaks.
Mother always whips her own cream.
Mal likes to whip his potatoes with butter and milk.

Mappings:
VerbNet: knead-26.5,shake-22.3-1-1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: whip.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 4: (Cause to) thrash about flexibly.

Examples:
The wind whipped the snow in sharp drifts.
The steady rain whipped about the water droplets.
The steam coming from the manhole whipped in the harsh wind.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 5: Go through or create something quickly and easily

Commentary: Includes: WHIP THROUGH, WHIP UP, WHIP OUT

Examples:
The President whipped through the proposed bills.
My husband can whip up a good dinner from very few ingredients.
I can whip out a 20 page paper in a few days.
He just whipped out the gun and started shooting.
She whipped out her checkbook.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Cooking_creation
PropBank: whip.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
whip_through 1
whip_up 1

Sense Number 6: WHIP UP: excite

Commentary: Is: WHIP UP

Examples:
The troubles whipped up interest among outsiders.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: whip.01