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whipping off

whipping off is the present participle and gerund of whip off.

Meaning of whip off

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To remove something (especially an item of clothing) with a swift movement.
    • If you but aſſiſt me, I'll engage to whip her off to France, and you ſhall never hear more of her.1773, [Oliver] Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer: Or, The Mistakes of a Night. A Comedy. […], London: […] F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC, Act II, page 45

Questions about whipping off

What is whipping off the present participle and gerund of?
Whipping off is the present participle and gerund of whip off.

Words near whipping off in the dictionary

  1. whipping girl
  2. whipping girls
  3. whipping in
  4. whipping into shape
  5. whipping it on
  6. whipping off
  7. whipping out
  8. whipping post
  9. whipping posts
  10. whipping side
  11. whipping sides

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