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— English words —

• whip␣the␣cat v. (Idiomatic) To attempt to get work or money from someone who is too weak or poor to provide it.
• whip␣the␣cat v. (UK, Australia, obsolete, idiomatic) To practice extreme parsimony.
• whip␣the␣cat v. (Australia, New Zealand, idiomatic) To regret; to feel self-pity.
• whip␣the␣cat v. (Idiomatic) To blame someone for something that is not their fault.
• whip␣the␣cat v. (Idiomatic) To get drunk.
• whip␣the␣cat v. (US, dialect, dated, idiomatic) To go from house to house working by the day, as itinerant tailors and carpenters do.
• whip␣the␣cat v. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see whip, cat.

58 English words from 7 English definitions

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16 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

cat Cat CAT ECA he-cat hip Hip HIP hipt PTH the the- theca whip WHIP whipt

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ace Ace ACE Aceh HTP PIH tac TAC tace tpi TPI

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

whips␣the␣cat

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

whips␣the␣cat

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