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whipcordy

whipcordy adjective: resembling or characteristic of whipcord.

Adjective

whipcordy (comparative more whipcordy, superlative most whipcordy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of whipcord.
    • You remind me of a two-year-old, Dinny—one of those whipcordy chestnuts that kick up their heels in the paddock, get left at the post, and come in first after all.1931 November, John Galsworthy, chapter XXIV, in Maid in Waiting, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: The Ryerson Press, published 1931, →OCLC, page 211

Forms of whipcordy

comparativemore whipcordy
superlativemost whipcordy

Origin of whipcordy

From whipcord + -y.

Questions about whipcordy

What does whipcordy mean?
Whipcordy means resembling or characteristic of whipcord.
What part of speech is whipcordy?
Whipcordy is an adjective.

Words near whipcordy in the dictionary

  1. whiparounds
  2. whipbird
  3. whipbirds
  4. whipcord
  5. whipcords
  6. whipcordy
  7. whipcrack
  8. whipcracker
  9. whipcrackers
  10. whipcracks
  11. whipcraft

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