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whip in

whip in verb: to prevent hunting hounds from straying from the pack by whipping them.

Verb

whip in (third-person singular simple present whips in, present participle whipping in, simple past and past participle whipped in)

  1. (transitive) To prevent hunting hounds from straying from the pack by whipping them.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To keep a party member in line.
  3. (transitive) To make a quick pass into the goalmouth.
    • He whipped in a dangerous cross, and Faulkner headed into the net.

Forms of whip in

third-person singular presentwhips in
present participlewhipping in
past participlewhipped in
pastwhipped in

Questions about whip in

What does whip in mean?
Whip in means to prevent hunting hounds from straying from the pack by whipping them.
What part of speech is whip in?
Whip in is a verb.
What is the past tense of whip in?
The past tense of whip in is whipped in.

Words near whip in in the dictionary

  1. whip graft
  2. whip grafting
  3. whip grafts
  4. whip hand
  5. whip hands
  6. whip in
  7. whip into shape
  8. whip it on
  9. whip kick
  10. whip kicks
  11. whip line

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