[syn: whip, lash, whiplash]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whiplash \Whip"lash`\, n.
1. The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather,
or of cords, braided or twisted.
[1913 Webster]
2. a sudden change of direction, resembling the motion of the
tip of a whip when it is cracked.
[PJC]
3. a stinging psychological effect reminiscent of being stung
by a whip.
[PJC]
4. a whiplash injury.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
whiplash
n 1: an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting
from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an
automobile accident) [syn: whiplash, whiplash injury]
2: a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the
whip raised a red welt" [syn: whip, lash, whiplash]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "whiplash":
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, whip