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whippit

whippit is the alternative form of whippet.

Meaning of whippet

Noun (1)

whippet (plural whippets)

  1. A dog of a certain breed, similar to a small greyhound, originating in Britain and bred for racing.

Noun (2)

whippet (plural whippets)

  1. (slang) A cartridge of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), used as a recreational inhalant drug.
    • I was smoking hash from under glasses, sniffing glue, doing whippets, popping speed, smoking pot, dropping acid, and occasionally shooting dope.2004, Sandra P. Riggin, Forbidden Memories: A Journey of Healing, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    nang

Forms of whippit

pluralwhippits

Questions about whippit

What is whippit the alternative form of?
Whippit is the alternative form of whippet.

Words near whippit in the dictionary

  1. whipping-boys
  2. Whippingham
  3. whippingly
  4. whippings
  5. whippish
  6. whippit
  7. whippits
  8. Whipple
  9. Whipple procedure
  10. Whipple procedures
  11. Whipple shield

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whippit (page history and authors); whippet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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