Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whippy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
whip-py
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Whiplike; thin and pliant.

adj

Active, nimble.

adj

Being or having a texture similar to a whipped substance.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From whip + -y.

Inflected Forms

whippier (comparative) whippiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

whippily whippiness

Synonyms

flexible

Rhymes With

mississippi hippie hippy trippy skippy chippy zippy sippy nippy slippy dippy lippy

Questions

What does whippy mean?
Whiplike; thin and pliant.
Where does whippy come from?
From whip + -y.

How to pronounce whippy

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