Home › Words › W › whipmanshipwhipmanshipwhipmanship means the skill or art of using a whip.EtymologyFrom whipman + -ship.nounThe skill or art of using a whip.e.g.“It is absurd in any sojourner at the Cape priding himself upon his whipmanship, for every countryman can fan along six or eight horses with as much nicety as a mail-coachman his favourite team: […]” — 1843, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register, page 168:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.whipcraft 88% match — The art or skill of using a whip, for example in training animals. vs whipmanship →whipmaking 73% match — The manufacture of whips. vs whipmanship →whipcracker 67% match — One who cracks a whip. vs whipmanship →whup 64% match — A whip. vs whipmanship →whipmaker 64% match — A manufacturer of whips. vs whipmanship →whipper 64% match — A person or thing that whips. vs whipmanship →whipstick 63% match — A whipstock; the handle of a whip. vs whipmanship →whipless 62% match — Without a whip (instrument for beating). vs whipmanship →