What is the meaning of the word "whip"?

Definitions:

a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit noun
- I made a strawberry whip for my party.
a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline noun
- As the whip, I urge you to vote in favour of this measure.
a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object noun
- The whip raised a red welt.
an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping noun
- The whip was made of leather.
the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club noun
- My new clubs have a great whip.
to beat severely with a whip or rod verb
- The cruel guards whipped the prisoners.
to defeat thoroughly verb
- We whipped the opposing team.
to strike as if by whipping verb
- The curtain whipped my face.
to subject to harsh criticism verb
- The latest reviews whipped the new film.
to thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash verb
- The tall grass whipped in the wind.
to whip with or as if with a wire whisk verb
- I whipped the cream until it formed soft peaks.