whig

plural whigs

1. UKdialectalobsoleteAcidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
2. Buttermilk.

present singular third person whigs · participle present whigging · participle past whigged · past whigged

1. transitiveTo urge forward; drive briskly.
2. intransitiveTo jog along; move or work briskly.
3. transitiveTo weird out or disturb someone.

plural Whigs

1. UKhistoricalgovernmentA member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party.

   One was a piece, Two Cheers for the Whig Interpretation of History, by William Cronon, president of the American Historical Association.

   2012 October 3, Rebekah Higgitt, “Why whiggish won't do”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   Antonyms: Tory

2. UKraregovernmentA member (especially a politician) of the former Liberal Party or its successor, the Liberal Democrats.
3. UShistoricalgovernmentAn advocate of war against, or independence from, Britain during the American Revolution.

   Antonyms: Tory

4. UShistoricalgovernmentA member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party.

   Antonyms: Democrat, Jacksonian Democrat