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whiplike

whiplike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a whip; long, thin, and flexible, or flagellatory.

Adjective

whiplike (comparative more whiplike, superlative most whiplike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a whip; long, thin, and flexible, or flagellatory.
    • "I wanted the regular announcement of the blocks as they come along to have the whiplike quality of time," says the poetic dramatist, who as an author having his most complex play tried out for only three weeks prior to its Broadway opening is supremely conscious of the flagellative relentlessness...1986, Tennessee Williams, Albert J. Devlin, Conversations with Tennessee Williams, page 31
    Synonyms:
    whippy

Synonyms of whiplike

Forms of whiplike

comparativemore whiplike
superlativemost whiplike

Origin of whiplike

From whip + -like.

Questions about whiplike

What does whiplike mean?
Whiplike means resembling or characteristic of a whip; long, thin, and flexible, or flagellatory.
What part of speech is whiplike?
Whiplike is an adjective.

Words near whiplike in the dictionary

  1. whiplashes
  2. whiplashing
  3. whiplashlike
  4. whiplashy
  5. whipless
  6. whiplike
  7. whipline
  8. whiplines
  9. whipmaker
  10. whipmakers
  11. whipmaking

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