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whip out

whip out verb: to pull something out with a sudden jerk.

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To pull something out with a sudden jerk.
    • He suddenly whipped out his gun and pointed it at his doctor.
    • I whipped out my wallet and laid a five-pound note on the bar.
    Synonyms:
    pull out
  2. (informal, transitive) To complete or produce rapidly.
    • You need the report by this afternoon? No problem! I will whip one out for you in 10 minutes.

Synonyms of whip out

Forms of whip out

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

Questions about whip out

What does whip out mean?
Whip out means to pull something out with a sudden jerk.
What part of speech is whip out?
Whip out is a verb.
What is the past tense of whip out?
The past tense of whip out is whipped out.

Words near whip out in the dictionary

  1. whip kick
  2. whip kicks
  3. whip line
  4. whip lines
  5. whip off
  6. whip out
  7. whip pan
  8. whip pans
  9. whip scorpion
  10. whip scorpions
  11. whip snake

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