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whiplash
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun whiplash has 2 senses
- whiplash(n = noun.state) whiplash injury - an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident); Array is a kind of harm, hurt, injury, trauma
- whiplash(n = noun.act) lash, whip - a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt" is a kind of blow
CIDE DICTIONARY
whiplash, n.
- The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted. [1913 Webster]
- a sudden change of direction, resembling the motion of the tip of a whip when it is cracked. [PJC]
- a stinging psychological effect reminiscent of being stung by a whip. [PJC]
- a whiplash injury. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
whiplash, n.
1 the flexible end of a whip.
2 a blow with a whip.
1 the flexible end of a whip.
2 a blow with a whip.
Idiom
whiplash injury an injury to the neck caused by a jerk of the head, esp. as in a motor accident.
THESAURUS
whiplash
belt, blacksnake, bullwhack, bullwhip, cat, cowhide, crop, flagellum, gad, gadfly, goad, horsewhip, knout, kurbash, lash, oxgoad, prick, prod, quirt, rawhide, razor strap, rowel, scourge, sjambok, spur, sting, strap, thong, whip
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