Dictionary

whipless en · ADJ

Etymology

From whip + -less.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Without a whip (instrument for beating).
2. (not-comparable, of an MP) Having been deprived of party membership as a disciplinary measure, or having relinquished membership, and often not voting to support party policy.
   • […] spectacle of Conservative Euro-rebels delighting in their disgrace and flaunting their whipless condition, rather than being sad and ashamed of what has happened. Hansard, 24 Feb 1995
3. (informal, not-comparable, of coffee) Without whipped cream.
4. (not-comparable, of an antenna) Concealed, with no visible aerial.
5. (not-comparable) Designed so as to avoid a lashing rebound.