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whipround

whipround is the alternative form of whip-round.

Meaning of whip-round

Noun

whip-round (plural whip-rounds)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) A quick collection of money from a group of people, usually for a beneficial purpose.
    • When the war ended, local businessmen had a whip-round to pay for rebuilding a destroyed airport terminal and the bombed-out shops on Tripoli Street in the city centre.2013 October 5, “The can-do city”, in The Economist, page 69

Forms of whipround

pluralwhiprounds

Questions about whipround

What is whipround the alternative form of?
Whipround is the alternative form of whip-round.

Words near whipround in the dictionary

  1. Whipps
  2. Whippses
  3. whippy
  4. whipray
  5. whiprays
  6. whipround
  7. whiprounds
  8. whips
  9. whips and jingles
  10. whips down
  11. whips in

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