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whippy

[ hwip-ee, wip-ee ]

adjective

, whip·pi·er, whip·pi·est.
  1. of, relating to, or resembling a whip.
  2. bending and snapping back in the manner of a whip:

    a whippy tree branch.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of whippy1

First recorded in 1865–70; whip + -y 1

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Example Sentences

But presently only the whippy tail stirred in recognition of their voices.

He spent the morning trying to concoct simple springs out of bark strips and whippy branches.

He was pure white, with a fawn-coloured saddle just behind his neck, and a fawn diamond at the root of his thin whippy tail.

A good elastic rod is wanted for fly casting, but a too willowy or whippy action had best be avoided.

It will, therefore, be seen that it is very inadvisable to have a long head when one is using a whippy shaft.

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