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A whip is a tool traditionally designed to strike animals or people to aid guidance or exert control over them through pain compliance or fear of pain, though they can be used without pain as additional pressure aid or visual directional cue in equestrianism. Whips can be either firm and more precise or flexible and more powerful; some, such as hunting whips, combine a firm handle and a flexible lash.

Most whips are designed for use on animals, but some, such as the cat o' nine tails and the knout, were specifically developed for flagellation as a means of inflicting corporal punishment or torture on human targets. Certain religious practices and BDSM activities involve the self-use of whips or the use of whips between consenting partners. Misuse on animals may be considered animal cruelty, and misuse on humans may be viewed as assault.

Source: Wikipedia