whiplash

from 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}]
from 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]
from 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
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