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whipcrack

whipcrack noun: the crack of a whip.

Noun

whipcrack (plural whipcracks)

  1. The crack of a whip.
    • I flounder off toward the shouts and whipcracks, screaming for my life.1998, Barry Yourgrau, Haunted Traveller: An Imaginary Memoir
    • This dichotomy played out across the album, its title “LOVE” spelt backwards, its lyric sheet speaking of whipcracks that feel like kisses, of violence as a gateway to bliss […]2009, Steve Chick, Psychic Confusion: The Sonic Youth Story

Forms of whipcrack

pluralwhipcracks

Origin of whipcrack

From whip + crack.

Questions about whipcrack

What does whipcrack mean?
Whipcrack means the crack of a whip.
What part of speech is whipcrack?
Whipcrack is a noun.
What is the plural of whipcrack?
The plural of whipcrack is whipcracks.

Words near whipcrack in the dictionary

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

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