"whipcrack" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1998, Barry Yourgrau, Haunted Traveller: An Imaginary Memoir:",
          "text": "I flounder off toward the shouts and whipcracks, screaming for my life.",
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          "ref": "2009, Steve Chick, Psychic Confusion: The Sonic Youth Story:",
          "text": "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 […]",
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        "The crack of a whip."
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