"whiplash" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪp.ˌlæʃ/, /ˈʍɪp.ˌlæʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whiplash.wav [Southern-England] Forms: whiplashes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪplæʃ Etymology: whip + lash Etymology templates: {{compound|en|whip|lash}} whip + lash Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} whiplash (countable and uncountable, plural whiplashes)
  1. (countable) The lash of a whip. Tags: countable Translations (lash of a whip): fuetada [feminine] (Catalan), 鞭打 (biāndǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), piskesmæld (Danish), zweepslag (Dutch), piiskanisku (Finnish), coup de fouet [masculine] (French), Peitschenriemen [masculine] (German), lasc fuipe [feminine] (Irish), colpo m di frusta [feminine] (Italian), nakkesleng (Norwegian), raz [masculine] (Polish), chicotada [feminine] (Portuguese), реме́нь кнута́ (reménʹ knutá) [masculine] (Russian), бечева́ плети́ (bečevá pletí) [feminine] (Russian), latigazo [masculine] (Spanish), pisksnärt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-whiplash-en-noun-hVfM3Fbp Disambiguation of 'lash of a whip': 92 8 0
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: whiplash injury, whiplash-associated disorder Translations (whiplash injury): камшичен удар (kamšičen udar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 揮鞭傷 (Chinese Mandarin), 挥鞭伤 (huībiānshāng) (Chinese Mandarin), whiplash [common-gender] (Dutch), piiskaniskuvamma (Finnish), niskan retkahdusvamma (Finnish), coup du lapin [informal, masculine] (French), traumatisme cervical [formal, masculine] (French), Schleudertrauma [neuter] (German), Halswirbelsäulenschleudertrauma [neuter] (German), HWS-Schleudertrauma [neuter] (German), Halswirbelsäulen-Distorsion [feminine] (German), HWS-Distorsion [feminine] (German), Distorsion der Halswirbelsäule [feminine] (German), Schleudertrauma der Halswirbelsäule [neuter] (German), fuiplasc [feminine] (Irish), colpo di frusta [masculine] (Italian), uraz biczowy [masculine] (Polish), uraz biczowaty [masculine] (Polish), lesão em chicote [feminine] (Portuguese), хлыстова́я тра́вма (xlystovája trávma) [feminine] (Russian), latigazo cervical [masculine] (Spanish), whiplashskada [common-gender] (Swedish), pisksnärtsskada [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-whiplash-en-noun-mmHWrC05 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 74 6 14 4 Disambiguation of 'whiplash injury': 0 95 5
  3. (figurative) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-whiplash-en-noun-5B2xrSib

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪp.ˌlæʃ/, /ˈʍɪp.ˌlæʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whiplash.wav [Southern-England] Forms: whiplashes [present, singular, third-person], whiplashing [participle, present], whiplashed [participle, past], whiplashed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪplæʃ Etymology: whip + lash Etymology templates: {{compound|en|whip|lash}} whip + lash Head templates: {{en-verb}} whiplash (third-person singular simple present whiplashes, present participle whiplashing, simple past and past participle whiplashed)
  1. To jerk back and forth; to buffet.
    Sense id: en-whiplash-en-verb-iv50eEyf
  2. To lash as if with a whip.
    Sense id: en-whiplash-en-verb-L3XpbDzl

Noun [Swedish]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], whiplash [indefinite, nominative, uncountable], whiplashen [definite, nominative, uncountable], whiplashs [genitive, indefinite, uncountable], whiplashens [definite, genitive, uncountable]
Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} whiplash c, {{sv-noun|c}} whiplash c Inflection templates: {{sv-decl-noun|whiplash|whiplashen|-|-|whiplashs|whiplashens|-|-|base=whiplash|definitions=|gender=Common|uncountable=yes}}
  1. a whiplash injury Tags: common-gender Synonyms: whiplashskada, pisksnärtsskada
    Sense id: en-whiplash-sv-noun-jKeJWB9y Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish links with redundant wikilinks

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for whiplash meaning in All languages combined (12.4kB)

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          "ref": "2014, Lisa Damour, “The Emotional Whiplash of Parenting a Teenager”, in Motherlode: Adventures In Parenting",
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          "ref": "2021, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Michael D. Shear, “Americans Suffer Pandemic Whiplash as Leaders Struggle With Changing Virus”, in The New York Times",
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          "ref": "2023 March 31, Kevin Roose, “Google C.E.O. Sundar Pichai on the A.I. Moment: ‘You Will See Us Be Bold’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "And he talked about the “whiplash” he often feels when it comes to A.I. these days, as some people urge companies like Google to move faster on A.I., release more products and take bigger risks, while others urge them to slow down and be more cautious.",
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