Dictionary

whip up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To produce (something) quickly, especially food.
   • Whipping up a healthy breakfast has never been easier. Neither has knocking off your fave Starbucks snack either, thanks to this TikTok-approved egg bite maker. 2024 October 8, Lauren Gruber, Megan Uy, “We Found Sooo Many Viral TikTok Items on Sale for October Prime Day”, in Cosmopolitan:
   • Near-synonym: cook up
   • I'll whip up a quick meal for our unexpected guests.
2. (transitive) To beat (stir) (a liquid) quickly so to introduce air and form foam.
3. (transitive) To arouse or excite.
   • His speech whipped the crowd up into a frenzy.
   • There was the sight of numerous Arsenal players ­whipping up the crowd, including after the breakthrough goal, which had been advertised. From a Raya throw, ­Martinelli switched on the afterburners to glide away from Konaté before crossing for Bukayo Saka, who had timed his run. Saka’s headed connection was not true. 2024 February 4, David Hytner, “Arsenal ignite title hopes as Gabriel Martinelli punishes Liverpool error”, in The Guardian:
4. (transitive) To lift or snatch up suddenly.
   • Greater Anglia 745005 whips up snow as it passes Fox Street (near Colchester) on February 8, with the 1000 Norwich-London Liverpool Street. 2021 February 24, “Network News: ... but snow and ice forces Greater Anglia to sideline Class 745s”, in RAIL, number 925, page 13, photo caption:
   • High tides and severe gales are by no means uncommon on the East Coast of England, and in the Thames Estuary, but on the night of January 31, the two acted in concert to such an extent that the sea rose several feet higher than was predicted, with the gale whipping up wave action. 1953 May, “British Railways and the January Floods”, in Railway Magazine, page 301:
   • Hurricane force winds damaged the North Clydeside catenary on January 17 and 18 and on February 12, causing interruptions to the Helensburgh services; in the neighbourhood of Craigendoran and Cardross, the seas in the Firth of Clyde were whipped up to the height of the conductor wires and the insulators themselves. 1962 April, “Motive power miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Modern Railways, page 285:

Forms

Coordinates

mix up

Deriveds

whip up a storm

Synonyms

excite · fuel · light a fire under · whip up · egg on · stoke · abet · provoke · foment · urge · push · tempt · whomp up · bring about · ignite · move · stimulate · goose · drive · spur · spur on · engender · grill · stir · impel · throw together · rustle up · stir up · whet · whip · induce · set off · cheer · cook up · instigate · evoke · rouse · obligate · send · promote · invoke · motivate · urge · spark off · sting · oblige · stir up · inflame · encourage · lash · incite · motive · prompt · goad · actuate · draw

Translations (39)

cs rozvířit (to beat (stir) (a liquid) quickly) · pl wzbudzić (to arouse or excite) · sv piska upp (to arouse or excite) · pl sprowokować (to arouse or excite) · cs uklohnit (to produce (something) quickly) · pl wzbudzać (to arouse or excite) · es provocar (to arouse or excite) · de aufschlagen (to beat (stir) (a liquid) quickly) · cs rozbouřit (to beat (stir) (a liquid) quickly) · pl kombinować (to produce (something) quickly) · cs rychle připravit (to produce (something) quickly) · es suscitar (to arouse or excite) · de aufpeitschen (to arouse or excite) · es pergeñar (to produce (something) quickly) · de zusammenhauen (to produce (something) quickly) · cs ukuchtit (to produce (something) quickly) · cs vzbudit (to arouse or excite) · pl podsycać (to arouse or excite) · es avivar (to arouse or excite) · cs vyburcovat (to arouse or excite) · pl ubijać (to beat (stir) (a liquid) quickly) · ru заба́цать (to produce (something) quickly) · pl prowokować (to arouse or excite) · pl podsycić (to arouse or excite) · pl skombinować (to produce (something) quickly) · pl klecić (to produce (something) quickly) · pl skołować (to produce (something) quickly) · pl ubić (to beat (stir) (a liquid) quickly) · pl sklecić (to produce (something) quickly) · de schaumig schlagen (to beat (stir) (a liquid) quickly) · es improvisar (to produce (something) quickly) · de (schnell) zusammenstellen (to produce (something) quickly) · pl łapać szybkim ruchem (to lift or snatch up suddenly) · de hochschlagen (to lift or snatch up suddenly) · es batir (to beat (stir) (a liquid) quickly) · cs rozbouřit (to arouse or excite) · pl złapać szybkim ruchem (to lift or snatch up suddenly) · ru сварга́нить (to produce (something) quickly) · de hochwerfen (to lift or snatch up suddenly)