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whip-round

whip-round noun: a quick collection of money from a group of people, usually for a beneficial purpose.

Noun

whip-round (plural whip-rounds)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) A quick collection of money from a group of people, usually for a beneficial purpose.
    • When the war ended, local businessmen had a whip-round to pay for rebuilding a destroyed airport terminal and the bombed-out shops on Tripoli Street in the city centre.2013 October 5, “The can-do city”, in The Economist, page 69

Forms of whip-round

pluralwhip-rounds
alternative formwhip-around

Questions about whip-round

What does whip-round mean?
Whip-round means a quick collection of money from a group of people, usually for a beneficial purpose.
What part of speech is whip-round?
Whip-round is a noun.
What is the plural of whip-round?
The plural of whip-round is whip-rounds.

Words near whip-round in the dictionary

  1. whip-o'-wills
  2. whip-o-will
  3. whip-o-wills
  4. whip-poor-will
  5. whip-poor-wills
  6. whip-round
  7. whip-rounds
  8. whip-smart
  9. whip-tailed
  10. whip-tom-kelly
  11. whiparound

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