noun
Meaning 1
A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
whipstitch
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noun
Meaning 2
A tailor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, derogatory
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noun
Meaning 3
Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition.
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Examples
- c. 1678, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe Where sold he bargains, "whip-stitch, kiss my arse", / Promised a play and dwindled to a farce?
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noun
Meaning 4
A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.
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Usage: colloquial
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noun
Meaning 5
Half-ploughing or raftering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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verb
Meaning 6
To sew using such a stitch.
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verb
Meaning 7
To half-plough or rafter.
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Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 8
a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: whipping, whipstitching
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Broader terms: sewing stitch, embroidery stitch
Narrower terms: overcast, overcasting
History
Etymology
From whip + stitch.