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whiplashed

whiplashed is the simple past and past participle of whiplash.

Meaning of whiplash

Verb

whiplash (third-person singular simple present whiplashes, present participle whiplashing, simple past and past participle whiplashed)

  1. To jerk back and forth; to buffet.
    • […] Ms. Kennedy has been whiplashed by assertions that she is at once protected and presumptuous.2008 December 23, Nicholas Confessore, “Resistance to Kennedy Grows among Democrats”, in The New York Times
  2. To lash as if with a whip.
    • After a while, he let go of my hand in order to protect his own face from being whiplashed by the low branches.1990, V.C. Andrews, My Sweet Audrina, →ISBN, page 98

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Questions about whiplashed

What is whiplashed the simple past and past participle of?
Whiplashed is the simple past and past participle of whiplash.

Words near whiplashed in the dictionary

  1. whipjack
  2. whipjacks
  3. Whipkey
  4. Whipkeys
  5. whiplash
  6. whiplashed
  7. whiplashes
  8. whiplashing
  9. whiplashlike
  10. whiplashy
  11. whipless

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