whipped

[wipt, hwipt]

adjective

1. having received a whipping.

2. subdued or defeated as though by whipping.

   whipped by poverty.

3. beaten into a froth.

   whipped cream.

4. Slang.,  exhausted; tired; beat.

   After all that weeding, I'm whipped.

5. Slang.,  excessively devoted to or controlled by one’s romantic partner.

Other Word Forms

• unwhipped adjective
• well-whipped adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of whipped¹

First recorded in 1540–50; whip + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Stack ladyfingers with whole-berry cranberry sauce, vanilla pudding, and whipped cream flecked with a decidedly ungodly amount of orange zest.

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Match that with the bed of fresh whipped ricotta and it’s a near perfect bite.

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The ball was eventually whipped into the box and Barcelona tied themselves in knots, Jules Kounde poking the ball home for an own goal.

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Personally, I think it should almost always be coffee: the aromatics alone become a bridge from turkey and stuffing to pie and whipped cream.

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Early that morning, as the Santa Anas whipped at 90 mph, sheriff’s deputies stormed through her Pasadena neighborhood ordering evacuations with flames at their heels.

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Related Words

• beaten