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WHIP UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whip up mean?
• WHIP UP (verb)
The verb WHIP UP has 1 sense:
1. prepare or cook quickly or hastily
Familiarity information: WHIP UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prepare or cook quickly or hastily
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
whip up; whomp up
Hypernyms (to "whip up" is one way to...):
cook; fix; make; prepare; ready (prepare for eating by applying heat)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs whip up the vegetables
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