whipping up

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To produce (something) quickly, especially food.
   • Near-synonym: cook up

   Synonyms:

   rustle up, whomp up, throw together, cook up

2. (transitive) To beat (stir) (a liquid) quickly so to introduce air and form foam.

   Synonyms:

   whip

3. (transitive) To arouse or excite.
   • His speech whipped the crowd up into a frenzy.

   Synonyms:

   stir up, urge, abet, actuate, goose, fuel, light a fire under, send, sting, bring about

4. (transitive) To lift or snatch up suddenly.
   • High tides and severe gales are by no means uncommon on the East Coast of England, and in the Thames Estuary, but on the night of January 31, the two acted in concert to such an extent that the sea rose several feet higher than was predicted, with the gale whipping up wave action.1953 May, “British Railways and the January Floods”, in Railway Magazine, page 301