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whip-hand

whip-hand is the alternative form of whip hand.

Meaning of whip hand

Noun

whip hand (plural whip hands)

  1. The hand in which a horse rider holds the whip.
  2. (idiomatic) An advantage over another; the dominant position.
    • “Aye, you may abuse me as you please,” said the good-natured old lady, “you have taken Charlotte off my hands, and cannot give her back again. So there I have the whip hand of you.”1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

Forms of whip-hand

pluralwhip-hands

Questions about whip-hand

What is whip-hand the alternative form of?
Whip-hand is the alternative form of whip hand.

Words near whip-hand in the dictionary

  1. whip-belly vengeance
  2. whip-creamed
  3. whip-creamier
  4. whip-creamiest
  5. whip-creamy
  6. whip-hand
  7. whip-jack
  8. whip-jacks
  9. whip-o'-will
  10. whip-o'-wills
  11. whip-o-will

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