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underwhip

underwhip verb: to fail to whip enough.

Verb

underwhip (third-person singular simple present underwhips, present participle underwhipping, simple past and past participle underwhipped)

  1. To fail to whip enough.

Antonyms of underwhip

Forms of underwhip

third-person singular presentunderwhips
present participleunderwhipping
past participleunderwhipped
pastunderwhipped

Origin of underwhip

From under- + whip.

Questions about underwhip

What does underwhip mean?
Underwhip means to fail to whip enough.
What part of speech is underwhip?
Underwhip is a verb.
What is the past tense of underwhip?
The past tense of underwhip is underwhipped.

Words near underwhip in the dictionary

  1. underwhelm
  2. underwhelmed
  3. underwhelming
  4. underwhelmingly
  5. underwhelms
  6. underwhip
  7. underwhipped
  8. underwhipping
  9. underwhips
  10. underwind
  11. underwinding

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