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Traditional English :: whiplash
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whiplash.html - n. 1 the flexible end of a whip. 2 a blow with a whip. whiplash injury an injury to the neck caused by a jerk of the head, esp. as in a motor accident. |
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Traditional English :: whiplash
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whiplash.html - n. 1 the flexible end of a whip. 2 a blow with a whip. whiplash injury an injury to the neck caused by a jerk of the head, esp. as in a motor accident. |
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English Idioms :: whip hand
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whiplash.html - {n.} Controlling power; advantage. * /In the third round the champion got the upper hand over his opponent and knocked him out./ * /The cowboy trained the wild horse so that he finally got the whip hand and tamed the horse./ |
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English Idioms :: whip hand
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whiplash.html - See: UPPER HAND. |
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English Idioms :: whip up
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whiplash.html - {v.}, {informal} 1. To make or do quickly or easily. * /Mary whipped up a lunch for the picnic./ * /The reporter whipped up a story about the fire for his paper./ 2. To make active; stir to action; excite. * /The girls are trying to whip up interest for a dance Saturday night./ Compare: STIR UP, WHOOP IT UP(2). |
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English Idioms :: whipping boy
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whiplash.html - {n. phr.} The person who gets punished for someone else's mistake. * /"I used to be the whipping boy during my early days at the company," he musingly remembered./ |
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