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whipstick

whipstick noun: a whipstock; the handle of a whip.

Noun

whipstick (plural whipsticks)

  1. A whipstock; the handle of a whip.
    • So Priestley, with a sinister glitter in his patient eyes, had reversed his whipstick, pliant end downward, and bent along the ground. He knew the nature of seasoned pine. A sharp jerk, and the whipstick would snap, supplying a nilla-nilla which would make him an over-match for a dozen Folkestones...1903, Joseph Furphy, Such is Life, Chapter 6

Proper noun capitalized: Whipstick

Whipstick

  1. A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia

Forms of whipstick

pluralwhipsticks

Origin of whipstick

From whip + stick.

Questions about whipstick

What does whipstick mean?
Whipstick means a whipstock; the handle of a whip.
What part of speech is whipstick?
Whipstick can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of whipstick?
The plural of whipstick is whipsticks.

Words near whipstick in the dictionary

  1. whipstalling
  2. whipstalls
  3. whipstaves
  4. whipster
  5. whipsters
  6. whipstick
  7. whipsticks
  8. whipstitch
  9. whipstitched
  10. whipstitches
  11. whipstitching

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