whip [wɪp]
noun
1 (for training, driving animals) látigo (m); (riding crop) fusta (f); fuete (m); (LAm) jockeys found guilty of excessive use of the whip should be disqualified
(for punishment) azote (m) he was given 20 lashes of the whip le dieron 20 latigazos con el azote
2 (Britain) (Parl) (person) diputado encargado de la disciplina del partido en el parlamento chief whip diputado jefe encargado de la disciplina del partido en el parlamento
(call) there may be a whip for next week's vote on corporal punishment
(two-line/three-line) whip citación (con subrayado doble/triple) para que un diputado acuda a votar en una cuestión importante
The latest amendment, backed by many Conservatives in defiance of a two-line whip, was to the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings a [three-line] whip the former Secretary of State for Defence condemned the Government's unprecedented decision to impose a three-line whip against the legislation a three-line whip was imposed on members to [resign] the whip to [withdraw] the whip from sb he said he'd be prepared to have the party whip withdrawn if that was what his supporters wanted
3 (Cookery) batido (m) de claras de huevo o nata; (de claras de huevo o nata) a banana whip
transitive verb
1 (with whip, stick) [+horse] fustigar; [+person] azotar; [+child] dar un azote a, dar una paliza a he threatened to have him whipped or executed right then and there they whipped to death a man accused of rape to whip sb/sth into [shape] few people doubt his ability to whip the economy into shape he came on at half-time against Oldham on Saturday to whip his side into shape for some exercise fanatics there's also a self-destructive element, as /they try to whip their bodies into shape/ he could whip a crowd into a frenzy
to whip into a frenzy he was whipping the crowd into a frenzy estaba provocando el frenesí en la multitud
his men were not a particularly brave lot, but they could be whipped into a frenzy he could whip a crowd into hysteria politicians and businessmen have whipped themselves into a panic fans whipped themselves into such a frenzy that they climbed onto the stage
2 [+wind] azotar the wind whipped her skirts around her legs el viento hacía que la falda le azotara las piernas
the wind whipped my face the rain whipped her face the late September wind was cold, and /it whipped strands of her hair across her face
3 (Cookery) [+cream] montar; [+mixture, egg white] batir 4 (defeat) dar una paliza a (informal) my dad can whip your dad we'll whip the Poms, easy
5 making quick movement he whipped the book [away from] me he whipped the book [off] the table he whipped the letter [out of] my hand (remove) he whipped a gun out of his pocket en un abrir y cerrar de ojos sacó un revólver del bolsillo; he whipped the letter out of my hand me quitó la carta de la mano de un tirón; me arrebató la carta
6 (rush) they whipped her into hospital la llevaron al hospital a toda prisa
7 (Britain) (steal) mangar (informal); birlar (informal) somebody's whipped my watch! there's ten tins in the back I whipped from the stores at Amirya
8 (strengthen) [+rope] reforzar 9 (Cos) [+hem, seam] sobrehilar intransitive verb
1 (speed, rush) I whipped into a parking space me metí enseguida en un hueco para aparcar; I'll just whip into the chemist's voy en un segundo a la farmacia
the lorry whipped [past] the sound of the ball whipping past my nose the car whipped [round] the corner
2 (lash) the rope broke and whipped across his face la cuerda se rompió y le azotó la cara
the wind whipped [through] the trees Hurricane Andrew whipped through Florida as the man in front forced a way through the undergrowth, /branches whipped back in my face/
3 (flap) batir blond strands of hair whipped in the wind
the rigging was whipping against the mast of the yacht las jarcias batían contra el mástil del yate
all that could be seen of the ship were her flags whipping in the wind
modifier
whip hand (n)to have the whip hand llevar la voz cantante
to have the whip hand over sb llevar ventaja a algn these days the shopper has the whip hand and will not buy if stores fail to lower their prices
En el Parlamento británico la disciplina de partido está a cargo de un grupo de parlamentarios llamados whips, encabezados por el Chief Whip. Están encargados de informar al resto de miembros del partido de los asuntos del Parlamento, comunicar a los líderes las opiniones de los parlamentarios y asegurarse de que todos ellos asistan a la Cámara de los Comunes (House of Commons) y acudan a las votaciones importantes, lo que puede ser crucial cuando el gobierno no tiene mayoría absoluta. Tanto el gobierno como la oposición tienen sus propios whips y por lo general todos ellos ostentan también altos cargos en la Administración del Estado, si pertenecen al partido del gobierno.
