WHIPLASH
Dictionary entry overview: What does whiplash mean?
• WHIPLASH (noun)
The noun WHIPLASH has 2 senses:
1. an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
2. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
Familiarity information: WHIPLASH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WHIPLASH (noun)
Meaning:
An injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
whiplash; whiplash injury
Hypernyms ("whiplash" is a kind of...):
harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)
Meaning:
A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
whiplash; lash; whip
Context example:
the whip raised a red welt
Hypernyms ("whiplash" is a kind of...):
blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)
