Associations to the word «Whiplash»

Wiktionary

WHIPLASH, noun. The lash of a whip
WHIPLASH, noun. An injury to the upper spine caused by a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction
WHIPLASH, verb. To jerk back and forth; to buffet
WHIPLASH, verb. To lash as if with a whip

Dictionary definition

WHIPLASH, noun. An injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident).
WHIPLASH, noun. A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne