Whip - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 16/03/2026

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Whip.

4 letter answer(s) to whip

BEAT
  1. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  2. a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
  3. a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"
  4. a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
  5. a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
  6. a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
  7. avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"
  8. be a mystery or bewildering to;
  9. be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!"
  10. beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
  11. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale i
BEST
  2. "
  3. (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to respond"
  4. (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well');
  5. (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities; "the best film of the year"; "the best solution"; "the best time for planting"; "wore his best suit"
  6. (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully; "a book well worth reading"; "was well aware of the difficulties ahead"; "suspected only too well what might be going on"
  7. agreeable or pleasing;
  8. appealing to the mind;
  9. Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
  10. deserving of esteem and respect;
  11. exerting force
FLOG
  1. beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
  2. beat with a cane
  3. Sell (slang)
  4. Whipped
LASH
  1. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"
  2. any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
  3. beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
  4. bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse"
  5. lash or flick about sharply; "The lion lashed its tail"
  6. leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
  7. strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"

6 letter answer(s) to whip

DEFEAT
  1. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
  2. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
  3. thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
  4. To overcome opposition
  5. win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
THRASH
  1. a swimming kick used while treading water
  2. beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
  3. beat the seeds out of a grain
  4. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
  5. dance the slam dance
  6. give a thrashing to; beat hard
  7. move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"
  8. move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"

10 letter answer(s) to whip

FLAGELLATE
  1. a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
  2. having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
  3. whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

7 letter answer(s) to whip

SCOURGE
  1. a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
  2. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
  3. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
  4. punish severely; excoriate
  5. something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"
  6. whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

3 letter answer(s) to whip

TAN
  1. a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
  2. a light brown the color of topaz
  3. beat or flog
  4. get a tan, from wind or sun
  5. of a light yellowish-brown color
  6. ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
  7. treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather

Frequently asked questions about ‘Whip’

What's the best solution for Whip?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Whip is TAN. Other possible answers include BEAT, BEST, DEFEAT, FLAGELLATE, FLOG, LASH, SCOURGE, THRASH.

How many solutions are there for Whip?

We have found 9 possible answers for the crossword clue Whip.

Which crosswords feature clues like Whip?

Clues like Whip often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as Daily Mirror, Daily Star, Financial Times Polymath, The Times Jumbo, Daily Mail Mailword, among others.

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Sell8
Defeat7
Pooped7
Thrash7
Trounce7
Buff6
Recipe direction6
Switch6
Yellowish brown6
Yellowish-brown6
Outdo5
Tuckered out5
Vanquished5
Wiped out5
Brown4
Brownish4
Bushed4
Conquer4
Doozy4
Hosiery shade4
Light brown4
Sun shade4
Tanned4
Tempo4
Top-quality4
Bane3
Beat soundly3
Overpower3
Paddle3
Secure, in a way3
Top spot3
Vanquish3
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Almond2
Beat severely2
Brown colour2
Cane2
Cream of the crop2
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First-place2
Flog2

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