whipsaw
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈwɪpˌsɔ/
- Archaic
:
sierra de doble mango
- These youths appear to be experiencing a whipsaw effect as they simultaneously face challenges related to special education and foster care separately, as well as the interaction between the two.
- whipsaw effect
Examples
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Whipsaws out the door of the Jaguar, hooked by carabiner to the steering column, and meanwhile the chapter agents.
Fiction book (1996) -
To be fair, however, these countries have also been subject to the whipsaw political cycles of the Middle East during the 1980s and 1990s.
Academic text (1999) -
There is typically a high danger of a brilliant whipsaw.
Blog text (15) -
As the price for currencies and commodities whipsaws, he constantly checks currency movements before resetting some prices, almost on a daily basis.
Blog text (24) -
Although education may be the most important bridge that foster youths have to successful adult life, many foster youths who also experience disability are stumbling before they get across, as the whipsaw effect of both foster care and special education may place them at even further risk of academic failure.
Academic text (2006) -
After storms, there seems to always be fallen trees and wood debris that can be scavenged to burn, which means you'll need a chainsaw or a good old-fashioned whipsaw or sharp axe if you're fit.
Blog text (18) -
Unmentioned at the FTC hearing—largely because law enforcement is out of the scope of the agency's jurisdiction—is the legal whipsaw that Internet companies are currently facing.
Blog text (15) -
I see a clear downtrend in that graph (or a possible whipsaw) and would say I see a head-and-shoulders in that graph, but like being abducted by aliens or counting Elliott Waves, that's the type of thing one should keep to one's self.
Blog text (31) -
They used a whipsaw to cut the logs for their cabin.
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The two lumberjacks worked together with a whipsaw to fell the tree.
Synonyms
A large cutting tool with handles at both ends that two people use to cut wood
A long saw with handles at both ends used by two people to cut wood
A large tool with handles at both ends used by two people to cut wood
A large saw used by two people to cut logs into planks, with one above and one below
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Whipsaw is the name of a long two-person saw, from whip + saw, because the tool moves with a quick back-and-forth 'whip' motion, and that's why the word refers to that tool.