Obs. [The vb. stem used as int. and adv.; cf. Du. wip (e.g., in en wip was hij weg!), and LG. wip(p)s.] Suddenly, forthwith, instantly, in a trice; quick! presto! Also in comb., as whip-dash, -slap.
c. 1460. Wisdom, 518, in Macro Plays, 52. ‘Farewell,’ quod I; ‘þe deuyll ys wppe!’ Ibid., 554. Wyppe wyrre & care a-wey! [Cf. quot. a. 1553 s.v. WHIP sb. 11.]
1525. W. Smith, Wyddow Edyth (1573), F j. Whip quod Thomas and got him down ward And commeth agayne with the cup full.
1588. Shaks., L. L. L., V. ii. 309. Whip to our Tents.
1676. Shadwell, Virtuoso, II. 19. You should see how I wou’d shew my parts, Whip-slap dash. Ibid., 26. With a helter-skelter, whip-dash.
1699. A. Roberts, Voy. Levant, 5. If any one happen to say anything amiss, whip ’tis at the Captains ears.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa, VII. 341. When I came, whip, was the key turned upon their girls.
1806. Simple Narr., I. 167. But whip, before I could say Jack Robinson, he sprung into the chaise.
