Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whiplike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whip-like
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a whip; long, thin, and flexible, or flagellatory.

Example Sentences

""I wanted the regular announcement of the blocks as they come along to have the whiplike quality of time," says the poetic dramatist, who as an author having his most complex play tried out for only three weeks prior to its Broadway opening is supremely conscious of the flagellative relentlessness of clock and calendar."

Etymology

From whip + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: whip

Inflected Forms

more whiplike (comparative) most whiplike (superlative)

Synonyms

whippy flagellate flagellated lash-like

Questions

What does whiplike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a whip; long, thin, and flexible, or flagellatory.
Where does whiplike come from?: From whip + -like.

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