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🔊 A sharp sound 🌀 To make a crack ⚡ Very fast
whipcrack

whipcrack

7.4
A very quick, sharp movement or action
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɪpˌkræk/
translation icon : rápido
  • The runner made a whipcrack turn at the corner.

Examples

  • His whipcrack reflexes allowed him to catch the falling glass just in time.

  • The coach gave a whipcrack command, and the team immediately sprang into action.

  • With a whipcrack response, she solved the problem before anyone else noticed it.

  • Her whipcrack response surprised everyone in the meeting.

  • The coach gave a whipcrack command, and the team immediately sprang into action.

  • Her whipcrack response surprised everyone in the meeting.

  • His whipcrack reflexes allowed him to catch the falling glass just in time.

Synonyms

whiplashy
vswhipcrack
8.2

A sudden, sharp jerk in the neck or body that you feel after a quick move

is a more general term for very quick sharp or forceful movement

Antonyms

slow
∞ 1.0

Moving or happening at a low speed

sluggish
30 3.9

Moving or working slowly and with little energy

How Quick

instantaneous
35 5.1
whipcrack
7.4
sharp
124 2.0
quick
183 1.0
slow
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

whipcrack positive

Morphology

whipcrack = whipcrack (semi-transparent) = whip + crack

The adjective is a conversion from the noun 'whipcrack', but its use as 'very quick or forceful' is metaphorical rather than fully literal.

Etymology

The adjective whipcrack comes from the fast, sharp motion and sound of a whip, so it describes actions that are very quick, sharp, or forceful.