WHIPPERIN
Whip"per*in`, n.
1. A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase.
2. Hence, one who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions.
WHIPPERSNAPPER
Whip"per*snap`per, n.
Defn: A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person. [Colloq.]
"Little whippersnappers like you." T. Hughes.
WHIPPING
Whip"ping,
Defn: a & n. from Whip, v. Whipping post, a post to which offenders are tied, to be legally whipped.
WHIPPLETREE
Whip"ple*tree`, n. Etym: [See Whip, and cf. Whiffletree.]
1. The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree. [People] cut their own whippletree in the woodlot. Emerson.
2. (Bot.)