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whippy

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English

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Etymology

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From whip +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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whippy (comparative whippier, superlative whippiest)

  1. Whiplike; thin and pliant.
    The tree's whippy branches grazed his face.
    • 2005, Jonathan Falla, Poor Mercy: A Novel, Birlinn, page 195:
      Two women sat whacking the skins with long whippy sticks, whining a song
  2. (Scotland) Active, nimble.
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