whipstitch

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noun

A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.

“c. 1678, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe Where sold he bargains, "whip-stitch, kiss my arse", / Promised a play and dwindled to a farce?”

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Meanings

nounwhipstitch (plural whipstitches)

plural whipstitches

  1. A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.
  2. archaicderogatoryA tailor.
  3. Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition.

    c. 1678, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe Where sold he bargains, "whip-stitch, kiss my arse", / Promised a play and dwindled to a farce?

  4. colloquialA little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.
  5. agricultureHalf-ploughing or raftering.
verbwhipstitch (third-person singular simple present whipstitches, present participle whipstitching, simple past and past participle whipstitched)

present singular third person whipstitches · participle present whipstitching · participle past whipstitched · past whipstitched

  1. To sew using such a stitch.
  2. agricultureTo half-plough or rafter.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally

Similar
whippingwhipstitching
Broader
sewing stitchembroidery stitch
Also see
whipping

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From whip + stitch.

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Cite this entry
APA

whipstitch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipstitch

MLA

“whipstitch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipstitch. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whipstitch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipstitch.

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