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whiplike

whiplike

1 7.3
Long, thin, and flexible like a whip
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɪpˌlaɪk/
translation icon : similar a un látigo
  • The beast turned slowly through a full circle, waving long, whiplike tentacles in the air, as if seeking some clue to the approaching party.
  • whiplike tail
  • long whiplike

Search through here and snapped whiplike back again.

Examples

  • Despite the damage caused by Keane's spells, the monster met them with a tangled mass of tentacles, reaching forward with whiplike strikes at first one, then another of the attackers.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • "Bandicoot!" called Mick Eddison, a tall, whiplike, moodily dispositioned man who worked in the deep mines.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Search through here and snapped whiplike back again.

    Harvard University

  • A whiplike appendage of the box snagged in the pocket lining; she ripped the antenna free and it twanged straight.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • After this, the soil firmed up again, and they skirted around a region of thin, whiplike plants that reached out for them with flexible branches like tentacles.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • It is an eerily elegant work, the broom fibers extending thin and whiplike beyond the desiccated body of the corncob.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The snake's long, whiplike body moved swiftly through the grass.

  • She used a whiplike motion to crack the whip, sending it slicing through the air.

  • The dancer's arms flowed with a whiplike grace as she twirled across the stage.

Synonyms

lash-like
vswhiplike
  • Specialized
7.5

Thin, flexible part that moves like a whip

emphasizes long thin shape and static resemblance rather than motion
flagellate
vswhiplike
  • Specialized
9.9

Having whip-like tails used to move

is a general descriptive form for long thin flexible objects across contexts
flagellated
vswhiplike
  • Specialized
8.6

Having one or more long thin tails that help the cell move

applies more broadly to any long thin form beyond living things

Antonyms

rigid
35 4.0

Does not bend because it is stiff

How Flexible

whiplike
1 7.3
pliant
3 5.6
flexible
31 3.4
rigid
35 4.0

Surface Forms

whiplike positive

Morphology

whiplike = whip (transparent) = whip + like

Formed by the productive adjectival suffix '-like' meaning 'similar to' the noun 'whip', so the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Whiplike comes from whip ('a thin, flexible strap used to hit') and the ending -like ('similar to'). So something called whiplike is long, thin, and flexible like a whip.