ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Whipless

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Whipless is an adjective meaning Without a whip (instrument for beating).

Meaning

Without a whip (instrument for beating).

More Meanings

  1. (informal, of coffee) Without whipped cream.
  2. (of an antenna) Concealed, with no visible aerial.
  3. Designed so as to avoid a lashing rebound.
  4. (politics, 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.

Example Sentences

[…] spectacle of Conservative Euro-rebels delighting in their disgrace and flaunting their whipless condition, rather than being sad and ashamed of what has happened.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include whistleless, bridleless, hammerless, spurless, winchless, swordless.

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