Definitions
a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
Word origin
From whip + lash.
Used in a sentence
“tonal whiplash”
“Some parents, feeling too hurt by the push-off or taking their teenager’s rejections too personally, choose to make themselves unavailable. In some ways it does feel better to avoid episodes of emotional whiplash.”
“[…] Ms. Kennedy has been whiplashed by assertions that she is at once protected and presumptuous.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Neck injury from impact”8 letters
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