whip up
Make something fast
Whip up means to produce something quickly, usually food or a creative work: I can whip up some pasta if you're hungry, She whipped up a presentation in an hour.
The phrase suggests improvisation and speed rather than careful preparation.
Whip up also means to stir up or incite: The speech whipped up the crowd, whipping up fear about immigration.
- cobble togetherAssemble hastily from whatever's available
- improvisePerform without preparation
- inflameIntensify emotion or irritation
- throw togetherAssemble hastily without planning
- rouseStir to wakefulness
whisk together · provoke · jury-rig · excite · fabricate · agitate · foment · conjure · concoct · stir · instigate · get going · cook · scramble · quick meal · kindle · spur · spur on
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