whiplash
/W IH1 P L AE0 SH/noun
- 1
The lash of a whip
- 2
An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip
verb
- 1
To jerk back and forth; to buffet
- 2
To lash as if with a whip
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