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whipcrack en · NOUN

Etymology

From whip + crack.

Meanings

  1. The crack of a whip.
    • This dichotomy played out across the album, its title “LOVE” spelt backwards, its lyric sheet speaking of whipcracks that feel like kisses, of violence as a gateway to bliss […] 2009, Steve Chick, Psychic Confusion: The Sonic Youth Story:
    • I flounder off toward the shouts and whipcracks, screaming for my life. 1998, Barry Yourgrau, Haunted Traveller: An Imaginary Memoir:

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