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Whipsawed
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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noun
1.
a saw for two persons, as a pitsaw, used to divide timbers lengthwise.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cut with a whipsaw.
3.
to win two bets from (a person) at one turn or play, as at faro.
4.
to subject to two opposing forces at the same time: The real-estate market has been whipsawed by high interest rates and unemployment.
verb (used without object)
5.
(of a trailer, railroad car, etc.) to swing suddenly to the right or left, as in rounding a sharp curve at high speed.
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