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whip hands

whip hands is the plural 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

Questions about whip hands

What is whip hands the plural of?
Whip hands is the plural of whip hand.

Words near whip hands in the dictionary

  1. whip gins
  2. whip graft
  3. whip grafting
  4. whip grafts
  5. whip hand
  6. whip hands
  7. whip in
  8. whip into shape
  9. whip it on
  10. whip kick
  11. whip kicks

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