whip-round

/ informal, mainly British /

noun

an impromptu collection of money

verb whip round

(intr, adverb) to make such a collection of money

Words nearby whip-round

whip scorpion, whip snake, whip up, whip-and-tongue graft, whip-cracker, whip-round, whip-tailed, whip-tailed ray, whipbird, whipcord, whiplash

Example sentences from the Web for whip-round

  • Mead and myself, however, quarrelled over the amount which I subscribed to the whip-round.

    The Bonadventure |Edmund Blunden

  • Whip-round is now a common term for a subscription of a similar kind to that described.

    The Slang Dictionary |John Camden Hotten