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party whip

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
par-ty whip
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Within a legislative body, a member appointed by a political party and given the authority to ensure that all members of that party participate in voting and vote strictly as directed by the party in all votes where adherence to a party line is required.

Inflected Forms

party whips (plural)

Phrases

whipped vote

Frequently Paired Words

whipped vote

Synonyms

whip

Questions

What does party whip mean?
Within a legislative body, a member appointed by a political party and given the authority to ensure that all members of that party participate in voting and vote strictly as directed by the party in all votes where adherence to a party line is required.

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