whipped, ppl. a.
(hwɪpt)
Also 5–7 whipt.
[f. whip v. + -ed1.]
1. Needlework. (See whip v. 18.)
| a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 207 b, Frettes of whipped gold of damaske very riche. 1716 Gay Trivia ii. 339 In half-whipt Muslin Needles useless lye. |
† 2. a. (See quot.) Obs. nonce-use.
| 1562 V. Leigh Survey. (1588) O iij, I call it..the whipped line, because I haue formed it..like a little whipcorde. 1619 H. Lyte Art of Tens 20 In the table on the left hand of the whipped line. |
b. Bound with cord closely wound round: see whip v. 17.
| 1886 J. H. Keene Fishing Tackle 159 Twisting a hackle..round the shank of a whipped hook. |
3. Confectionery, etc. Beaten into a froth: see whip v. 7. Hence in figurative expressions denoting something ‘frothy’, flimsy, or unsubstantial.
| 1673 Dryden Marr. à la Mode iv. iii, The dull French Poetry,..so thin, that it is the very Leaf-gold of Wit, the very Wafers and whip'd Cream of sense. 1691 Shadwell Scourers ii. i, To make clouted cream, and whipt Sillabubs. 1725 Fam. Dict. s.v. Sugar, The White of a whipt Egg. 1748 Richardson Clarissa lxxxv. VII. 117 To distinguish the froth and whipt-syllabub in them [sc. letters] from the cream. 1781 Cowper Table-T. 551 Summoning the Muse to such a theme, The fruit of all her labour is whipped cream. 1828 Scott Jrnl. 23 Apr. in Lockhart, Who cares for the whipp'd cream of London society? 1846 A. Soyer Cookery 209 Add a gill of whipped cream. |
4. a. Beaten with or as with a whip; scourged, flogged, lashed.
| 1713 Guardian No. 8 ¶4 Saying, That it became not the Condition of a whipt Rascal to travel on Horseback. 1842 Borrow Bible in Spain xiv. 138 The two nationals, who sneaked away like whipped hounds. 1842 Congr. Globe 29 Jan. 183/2 A whipped cur was ever the most fawning dog. |
b. Farriery. Of a horse: see quot.
| 1737 Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) Pref. p. xi, You shall hear many a Horse praised for being a thorow-winded one, and a brave whipt-horse. Ibid. II. 122 He is a good whip'd Horse, that is, he will answer the Whip well. |
5. Fencing. (See whip v. 4.)
| 1771 Lonnergan Fencer's Guide 90 If I whip along your Tierce-side, parry round with a whipped Quarte. |
6. With up: Made up artificially, factitious.
| 1900 Daily News 8 Feb. 3/4 The recent agitation was a whipped-up thing. 1902 J. H. Rose Napoleon I, I. xii. 274 His keen instinct for reality, which led him to scorn such whipped-up creeds as Robespierre's Supreme Being. |
¶ 7. Used for whip-.
| 1680 Lond. Gaz. No. 1561/4 Two Mares, one of them..whipt Tail'd, and Grizled. 1688 Holme Armoury iii. iii. 94/2 Little round holes whipt-stitched about. |
8. Subject to a Parliamentary whip.
| 1970 P. G. Richards Parliament & Conscience iii. 60 This was duly debated and defeated on a straight party whipped vote. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Mar. 300/2 In the 1970–74 Parliament, two thirds of the Conservative members voted against their party whip on at least one occasion, and one (Enoch Powell) did so in 113 whipped divisions. 1981 Marsh & Chambers Abortion Politics vii. 194 MPs..are subject to constituency and interest group pressure on whipped issues. |
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Add: [4.] c. N. Amer. slang. Exhausted, tired out. Also const. up.
| 1940 Music Makers May 37/3 Whipped up, worn out, exhausted, beat for your everything. 1958 G. Lea Somewhere there's Music iv. 36 ‘Oh sure.’ He pulled in his feet, hugged his knees, yawned. ‘I'm whipped.’ 1984 J. Dressel in Garlick & Mathias Anglo-Welsh Poetry 276 He's just too whipped to shuck that Wind-grey coat, every button gone. 1991 Chicago Tribune Mag. 16 June 13/2 But today, I have to admit, I feel whipped and weary. My life seems to be on countdown. |
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▸ whipped butter n. orig. and chiefly N. Amer. a type of butter which has been aerated to produce a lighter, more spreadable texture.
| 1870 Ladies' Repository Jan. 10/2 It will make a delicious dish, without the objectionable *whipped butter. 1929 N.Y. Times 15 Dec. x. 14/4 Whipped butter, light, fluffy, and delicious, is one of New York's favorite delicacies. 2004 P. S. Tzougros Wealthy Choices i. 4 My mother won't buy whipped butter. She says it's expensive and unnecessary. |