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whip-rounds

whip-rounds is the plural of whip-round.

Meaning of whip-round

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

Questions about whip-rounds

What is whip-rounds the plural of?
Whip-rounds is the plural of whip-round.

Words near whip-rounds in the dictionary

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

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