noun
Meaning 1
The lash of a whip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
whiplash
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈwɪpˌlæʃ/
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/ˈʍɪpˌlæʃ/
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rhymes with -ɪplæʃ
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noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whiplash injury, whiplash-associated disorder
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Examples
- tonal whiplash
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: switchback, zigzag course
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To jerk back and forth; to buffet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To lash as if with a whip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the whip raised a red welt
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whip, lash
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blow
noun
Meaning 7
an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whiplash injury
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: injury, hurt, harm, trauma
History
Etymology
From whip + lash.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: fuetada — lash of a whip
- Chinese Mandarin: 鞭打 (biāndǎ) — lash of a whip
- Danish: piskesmæld — lash of a whip
- Dutch: zweepslag — lash of a whip
- Finnish: piiskanisku — lash of a whip
- French: coup de fouet — lash of a whip
- German: Peitschenriemen — lash of a whip
- Irish: lasc fuipe — lash of a whip
- Italian: colpo m di frusta — lash of a whip
- Japanese: むち打ち (muchiuchi) — lash of a whip
- Norwegian: piskeslag — lash of a whip
- Polish: raz — lash of a whip
- Portuguese: chicotada — lash of a whip
- Russian: реме́нь кнута́ (reménʹ knutá) — lash of a whip
- Russian: бечева́ плети́ (bečevá pletí) — lash of a whip
- Spanish: latigazo — lash of a whip
- Swedish: pisksnärt — lash of a whip
- Bulgarian: камшичен удар (kamšičen udar) — whiplash injury
- Chinese Mandarin: 揮鞭傷 /挥鞭伤 (huībiānshāng) — whiplash injury
- Danish: piskesmæld — whiplash injury
- Danish: piskesmældslæsion — whiplash injury
- Dutch: whiplash — whiplash injury
- Finnish: piiskaniskuvamma — whiplash injury
- Finnish: niskan retkahdusvamma — whiplash injury
- French: coup du lapin — whiplash injury
- French: traumatisme cervical — whiplash injury
- German: Schleudertrauma — whiplash injury
- German: Halswirbelsäulenschleudertrauma — whiplash injury
- German: HWS-Schleudertrauma — whiplash injury
- German: Halswirbelsäulen-Distorsion — whiplash injury
- German: HWS-Distorsion — whiplash injury
- German: Distorsion der Halswirbelsäule — whiplash injury
- German: Schleudertrauma der Halswirbelsäule — whiplash injury
- Irish: fuiplasc — whiplash injury
- Italian: colpo di frusta — whiplash injury
- Norwegian: nakkesleng — whiplash injury
- Polish: uraz biczowy — whiplash injury
- Polish: uraz biczowaty — whiplash injury
- Portuguese: lesão em chicote — whiplash injury
- Russian: хлыстова́я тра́вма (xlystovája trávma) — whiplash injury
- Spanish: latigazo cervical — whiplash injury
- Spanish: traumatismo cervical — whiplash injury
- Swedish: whiplashskada — whiplash injury
- Swedish: pisksnärtsskada — whiplash injury
- Turkish: kamçı yaralanması — whiplash injury
- German: Schleudertrauma — (figurative) abrupt and unexpected change
- German: Achterbahnfahrt — (figurative) abrupt and unexpected change