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whipcracker

whipcracker noun: one who cracks a whip.

Noun

whipcracker (plural whipcrackers)

  1. One who cracks a whip.
    • The second Adigar is only entitled to twenty-four spearmen and fifteen whipcrackers. The third, to twenty-four spearmen and twelve whipcrackers. No other headmen are allowed the honour of having whipcrackers.1844, James Selkirk, Recollections of Ceylon, page 65

Forms of whipcracker

pluralwhipcrackers

Origin of whipcracker

From whip + cracker.

Questions about whipcracker

What does whipcracker mean?
Whipcracker means one who cracks a whip.
What part of speech is whipcracker?
Whipcracker is a noun.
What is the plural of whipcracker?
The plural of whipcracker is whipcrackers.

Words near whipcracker in the dictionary

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

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