whip up

whip up

English

Verb

whip up (third-person singular simple present whips up, present participle whipping up, simple past and past participle whipped up)

1. (transitive) To produce (something) quickly, especially food.

   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.

4. (transitive) To lift or snatch up suddenly.
   • 1962 April, “Motive power miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Modern Railways, page 285:

     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.

   • 2021 February 24, “Network News: ... but snow and ice forces Greater Anglia to sideline Class 745s”, in RAIL, number 925, page 13, photo caption:

     Greater Anglia 745005 whips up snow as it passes Fox Street (near Colchester) on February 8, with the 1000 Norwich-London Liverpool Street.

Synonyms

• (produce quickly): rustle up, whomp up
• (beat (liquid) quickly): whip
• (arouse or excite): stir up, urge; see also Thesaurus:incite

Translations

to produce (something) quickly

Czech: ukuchtit pf, uklohnit pf, rychle připravit pf German: (schnell) zusammenstellen, zusammenhauen (de) (colloquial) Russian: заба́цать (ru) (zabácatʹ), сварга́нить (ru) (svargánitʹ)

to beat (stir) (a liquid) quickly

Czech: rozvířit pf, rozbouřit pf German: aufschlagen (de), schaumig schlagen

to arouse or excite

Czech: vyburcovat pf, vzbudit pf, rozbouřit pf German: aufpeitschen

to lift or snatch up suddenly

German: hochschlagen (de), hochwerfen (de)