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Whiplash   /wˈɪplˌæʃ/  /hwˈɪplˌæʃ/   Listen
noun
Whiplash  n.  
1.
The lash of a whip, usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted.
2.
A sudden change of direction, resembling the motion of the tip of a whip when it is cracked.
3.
A stinging psychological effect reminiscent of being stung by a whip.
4.
A whiplash injury.





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"Whiplash" Quotes from Famous Books



... with a sentence he knew would sting like a whiplash. But he thought better of it. He would not try plucking the mote out of another man's eye, when he had so recently got clear of the ...
— Burned Bridges • Bertrand W. Sinclair
... to remain longer in the presence of such an enemy; his big hands were doubling into hard fists; he was shaking in all his muscles. He leaped back onto the seat of his jumper, swung his team and sent his horses leaping up a whiplash road which traversed the cliff—a road he had disdained in his wild impatience to meet ...
— Joan of Arc of the North Woods • Holman Day


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