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whips off

whips off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 whips off

What is whips off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Whips off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of whip off.

Words near whips off in the dictionary

  1. whips and jingles
  2. whips down
  3. whips in
  4. whips into shape
  5. whips it on
  6. whips off
  7. whips out
  8. whips some skull on
  9. whips the cat
  10. whips through
  11. whips together

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