The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of
leather, or of cords, braided or twisted. [1913 Webster]
a sudden change of direction, resembling the
motion of the tip of a whip when it is cracked. [PJC]
a stinging psychological effect reminiscent of
being stung by a whip. [PJC]
a whiplash
injury. [PJC]
Word Net
whiplashNoun
1 an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae)
resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an
automobile accident) [syn: whiplash
injury]
Moby Thesaurus
belt, blacksnake, bullwhack, bullwhip, cat, cowhide, crop, flagellum, gad, gadfly, goad, horsewhip, knout, kurbash, lash, oxgoad, prick, prod, quirt, rawhide, razor strap, rowel, scourge, sjambok, spur, sting, strap, thong, whipEnglish
Noun
Synonyms
- whiplash injury (2)
Translations
lash of a whip
- Dutch: zweepslag
- Finnish: piiskanisku
- German: Peitschenriemen
- Spanish: tralla
whiplash injury
- Finnish: piiskaniskuvamma
- German: Schleudertrauma
Whiplash may refer to:
- Whiplash (medicine), an injury
Music
- "Whiplash" (song), by Metallica
- "Whiplash" (Stellar* song), by Stellar*
- Whiplash (band), a thrash band
- Whiplash (album), by the band James
Television
- Whiplash (TV series) a 1960s Australian television series
- "Whiplash" (Law & Order episode)
- "Whiplash", an episode of Beavis and Butt-head
- Whiplash an event played in the television series Gladiators
Fictional characters
- Snidely Whiplash, an animated cartoon character
- Whiplash (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- Whiplash (Masters of the Universe), an evil reptilian warrior from Masters of the Universe
Video games
- Whiplash (video game), a video game that features a long-tailed weasel and a domestic rabbit
- Fatal Racing, known as Whiplash in the USA
Others
- Miss Whiplash, an alias of Lindi St. Claire
- Whiplash the Rodeo Monkey, a capuchin monkey who is known for riding a dog.
- Whiplash, a neckbreaker-type move used as an attack in the world of professional wrestling.
whiplash in Spanish: Whiplash
whiplash in French: Whiplash
whiplash in Dutch: Whiplash
whiplash in Norwegian:
Whiplash