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whipping up a storm

whipping up a storm is the present participle and gerund of whip up a storm.

Meaning of whip up a storm

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To cause an uproar or controversy.
    • However, moral judgement soon deserted America, as Senator Joseph McCarthy, a junior senator from Wisconsin, whipped up a storm of populist terror at the possibility that the USA was already undermined by communists.2011, Francis Pike, Empires at War, page 111

Questions about whipping up a storm

What is whipping up a storm the present participle and gerund of?
Whipping up a storm is the present participle and gerund of whip up a storm.

Words near whipping up a storm in the dictionary

  1. whipping the cat
  2. whipping through
  3. whipping together
  4. whipping top
  5. whipping up
  6. whipping up a storm
  7. whipping-boy
  8. whipping-boys
  9. Whippingham
  10. whippingly
  11. whippings

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