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whippish

whippish adjective: whippy.

Adjective

whippish (comparative more whippish, superlative most whippish)

  1. whippy
    • He cracked an invisible whip at me and made a whippish sound.2013, Dawn Pendleton, Broken Dreams

Forms of whippish

comparativemore whippish
superlativemost whippish

Origin of whippish

From whip + -ish.

Questions about whippish

What does whippish mean?
Whippish means whippy.
What part of speech is whippish?
Whippish is an adjective.

Words near whippish in the dictionary

  1. whipping-boy
  2. whipping-boys
  3. Whippingham
  4. whippingly
  5. whippings
  6. whippish
  7. whippit
  8. whippits
  9. Whipple
  10. Whipple procedure
  11. Whipple procedures

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