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Whip Whipped Important Party Vote Members Political Parliament

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A w___ is a notice which tells the members of a political party in parliament that it is important for them to vote in a particular way on an important issue.A whip is a notice which tells the members of a political party in parliament that it is important for them to vote in a particular way on an important issue.
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noun
A whip is a long thin piece of material such as leather or rope, fastened to a stiff handle. It is used for hitting people or animals.
A whip is a member of a political party in a parliament or legislature who is responsible for making sure that party members are present to vote on important issues and that they vote in the appropriate way.
The whips have the job of making sure MPs toe the line.
A whip is a notice which tells the members of a political party in parliament that it is important for them to vote in a particular way on an important issue.
verb
If someone whips a person or animal, they beat them or hit them with a whip or something like a whip.
Eye-witnesses claimed Mr Melton whipped the horse up to 16 times.
He threatened to give her a whipping.
If something, for example the wind, whips something, it strikes it sharply.
A terrible wind whipped our faces.
A branch whipped her across the cheek.
If something flexible whips in a particular way, it moves sharply when it is affected by a force, for example by the wind.
Blond strands of hair whipped in the wind.
If someone whips something out or whips it off, they take it out or take it off very quickly and suddenly .
Bob whipped out his notebook.
Players were whipping their shirts off.
My waitress whipped the plate away and put down my bill.
If something or someone whips somewhere, they move there or go there very quickly.
The wind out here is whipping along at about 30 miles an hour.
I whipped into a parking space.
When you whip something liquid such as cream or an egg, you stir it very fast until it is thick or stiff.
Whip the cream until thick.
Whip the eggs, oils and honey together.
...strawberries and whipped cream.
If you whip people into an emotional state, you deliberately cause and encourage them to be in that state.
He could whip a crowd into hysteria.
Politicians and businessmen have whipped themselves into a panic.
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