Rhymes for WHIPPING-TOP

• the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)

• a small cut of meat including part of a rib

• a jaw

• a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball

• a grounder that bounces high in the air

• cut into pieces with repeated blows

• move suddenly

• form or shape by chopping

• strike sharply, as in some sports

• cut with a hacking tool

• hit sharply

• the yield from plants in a single growing season

• a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale

• a collection of people or things appearing together

• the output of something in a season

• the stock or handle of a whip

• a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

• cut short

• prepare for crops

• yield crops

• let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

• feed as in a meadow or pasture

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors

• to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop

• make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip

• uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

• take by theft

• take into custody

• a shape that is spherical and small

• a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

• a steep high face of rock

• a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)

• a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

• a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

• a central depository where things can be left or picked up

• the act of dropping something

• let fall to the ground

• to fall vertically

• go down in value

• fall or descend to a lower place or level

• terminate an association with

• utter with seeming casualness

• stop pursuing or acting

• remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

• cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

• lose (a game)

• pay out

• lower the pitch of (musical notes)

• hang loosely

• stop associating with

• let or cause to fall in drops

• to remove

• take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth

• omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing

• leave undone or leave out

• change from one level to another

• fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death

• grow progressively worse

• give birth; used for animals

• an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers

• someone who is unsuccessful

• a complete failure

• the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink

• with a flopping sound

• completely

• fall loosely

• fall suddenly and abruptly

• fail utterly; collapse

• an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

• a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring

• a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork

• music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love

• like a pop or with a pop

• (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)

• bulge outward

• hit a pop-fly

• make a sharp explosive noise

• fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise

• cause to make a sharp explosive sound

• appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly

• put or thrust suddenly and forcefully

• release suddenly

• hit or strike

• drink down entirely

• take drugs, especially orally

• cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound

• burst open with a sharp, explosive sound

• the event of something ending

• the act of stopping something

• a brief stay in the course of a journey

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• a spot where something halts or pauses

• a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

• (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes

• a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

• a restraint that checks the motion of something

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• come to a halt, stop moving

• put an end to a state or an activity

• stop from happening or developing

• interrupt a trip

• cause to end

• prevent completion

• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

• seize on its way

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

• render unsuitable for passage

• stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

• an equal exchange

• exchange or give (something) in exchange for

• move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

• situated at the top or highest position

• the upper part of anything

• the highest or uppermost side of anything

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• the greatest possible intensity

• platform surrounding the head of a lower mast

• a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin

• covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)

• a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips

• a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance

• be superior or better than some standard

• pass by, over, or under without making contact

• be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point

• be ahead of others; be the first

• provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)

• reach or ascend the top of

• strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin

• cut the top off

• be the culminating event

• finish up or conclude

• An operation.

• An amateur radio operator.

• An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.

• Op art; a style of abstract art.

• Initialism of Overall Position.

• Initialism of online pharmacy.

• Initialism of opposite prompt; stage right,

• Initialism of original poster; the person who started a thread.

• Initialism of original post.

• Initialism of opening theme.

• A lookout or vantage point

• The credits shown at the beginning of a film, TV program, etc.

• Any ester of phosphoric acid or its derivatives, especially one used as an insecticide or herbicide.

• To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.

• cut off from a whole

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling

• any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie

• a propeller that rotates to push against air

• support by placing against something solid or rigid

• wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk

• deep soft mud in water or slush

• (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand

• (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink

• writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental

• cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

• walk through mud or mire

• ladle clumsily

• feed pigs

• a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely

• piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

• a concession given to mollify or placate

• give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

• be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid

• dip into liquid

• cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

• the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)

• twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer

• an informal dance where popular music is played

• jump lightly

• move quickly from one place to another

• travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.

• traverse as if by a short airplane trip

• jump across

• make a jump forward or upward

• small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

• a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving

• any gummy shapeless matter; usually unpleasant

• writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental

• scenery hung at back of stage

• a shop where men can get their hair cut

• a shop where books are sold

• an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

• the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes

• dance the bebop

• hit hard

• listen without the speaker's knowledge

• a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

• ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick

• hard candy on a stick

• a shop where loans are made with personal property as security

• the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash

• with a short hollow thud

• drop something with a plopping sound

• drop with the sound of something falling into water

• set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

• on, to, or at the top

• a portable computer small enough to use in your lap

• a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination

• without stopping

• (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops

• at all times

• A knob, usually ornamental

• political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema

• an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

• dance the bebop

• someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels

• a drop of rain

• factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry

• an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine

• (sometimes capitalized) A fanciful spelling of shop, chiefly used in the names of businesses to give an air of old-fashionedness.

• the top of a desk

• (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

• the peak of a hill

• the top of a (usually flat) roof

• (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

• The summit of a mountain.

• Situated or occurring on the summit of a mountain.

• make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation

• work out

• gain through experience

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• change the use of and make available or usable

• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

• create by training and teaching

• be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest

• grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

• become technologically advanced

• cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development

• generate gradually

• grow emotionally or mature

• make visible by means of chemical solutions

• superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry

• move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions

• move into a strategically more advantageous position

• elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme

• happen

• expand in the form of a series

• a unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion floating point operations per second.

• the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

• To participate in a financial arrangement in which a tenant farmer pays for use of land with a share (part) of the crop raised on that land.

• (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher

• (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field

• a precaution in case of an emergency

• act as a backstop

• a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock

• coat with blacktop