Obs. Also 6 -yt. [app. the phr. whip it written as one word: see WHIP v. 1 c.] intr. To move briskly, bestir oneself, frisk.

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1540.  Palsgr., Acolastus, III. i. N iv. Lest he a camell shulde not skyp or whippyt about.

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c. 1550.  Pryde & Abuse Wom., 57, in Hazl., E. P. P., IV. 234. Wyth whippet a whyle, lyttle pretyone Prancke it, and hagge it well.

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a. 1553.  Udall, Royster D., I. iii. (Arb.), 22. Nowe whippet apace for the maystrie.

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1599.  Nashe, Lenten Stuffe, Wks. (Grosart), V. 270. Whippet, turne to a new lesson, and strike wee vp Iohn for the King.

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