Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Whip-shaped · Whip·-shaped · IPA 01 a. Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem. 1. Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem.