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whipless

whipless adjective: without a whip (instrument for beating).

Adjective

whipless (not comparable)

  1. Without a whip (instrument for beating).
  2. Having been deprived of party membership as a disciplinary measure, or having relinquished membership, and often not voting to support party policy.
    • […] spectacle of Conservative Euro-rebels delighting in their disgrace and flaunting their whipless condition, rather than being sad and ashamed of what has happened.Hansard, 24 Feb 1995
  3. (informal) Without whipped cream.
  4. Concealed, with no visible aerial.
  5. Designed so as to avoid a lashing rebound.

Origin of whipless

From whip + -less.

Questions about whipless

What does whipless mean?
Whipless means without a whip (instrument for beating).
What part of speech is whipless?
Whipless is an adjective.

Words near whipless in the dictionary

  1. whiplashed
  2. whiplashes
  3. whiplashing
  4. whiplashlike
  5. whiplashy
  6. whipless
  7. whiplike
  8. whipline
  9. whiplines
  10. whipmaker
  11. whipmakers

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