whiplash
/ˈwɪpˌlæʃ/ verb C2- To jerk back and forth; to buffet.
- To lash as if with a whip.
He/she/it whiplashes · Past whiplashed · Past participle whiplashed · -ing form whiplashing
Verb forms
- Base form
- whiplash
- He/she/it
- whiplashes
- Past
- whiplashed
- Past participle
- whiplashed
- -ing form
- whiplashing
From the library
Anne would have infinitely preferred a whipping to this punishment under which her sensitive spirit quivered as from a whiplash.
As her beautiful head fell upon her chest I saw the clear red weal of a whiplash across her neck.
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