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whippy

whippy

1 7.8
Able to bend easily and spring back without breaking, like a thin stick
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɪpi/
translation icon : flexible
  • Another thing I noticed about these concealers, they're not as like stiff and whippy as the tarte shaped tape.
  • thin and whippy

They're so whippy, which when I'm playing it with my finger makes it so spreadable, so easy for me to blend out, to feel where product is just obsessed.

Examples

  • There is a big difference in telling people where they will live and in telling them that if they make the rafters too whippy, the roof will sag.

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  • Whine, whine, whippy, whippy.

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  • A little, whippy, winding ranky-cank thing.

  • Then sneak the 6 out to the range one day, and if her club hits it with or past your club, blame the whippy shaft, smaller grip, or lighter weight.

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  • At the same time, things happened in my personal life that weren't really whippy, so I was also taking anti-depressants (one of the side effects was weight loss).

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  • Whine, whine, whippy, whippy.

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  • They're so whippy, which when I'm playing it with my finger makes it so spreadable, so easy for me to blend out, to feel where product is just obsessed.

  • Reacher figured five liters was about a gallon, and since the Belgian was a small, whippy guy half his size, he should make it two gallons a day.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • And of course at the other end, that whole company of Tongs—three hundred of them—were waving their long iron forks and those whippy spatulas they use.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The young tree was so whippy that it swayed gracefully in the wind.

Synonyms

flexible
vswhippy
31 3.4

Able to bend easily without breaking and return to shape

emphasizes quicker rebound after bending rather than just returning
supple
vswhippy
18 3.7

Able to bend or move easily and smoothly

is more about quick rebound and toughness than graceful movement
stretchy
vswhippy
10 1.9

A fabric you can pull that returns to its old shape

is about bending and rebounding rather than being pulled long
pliable
vswhippy
8 4.2

Easy to bend or shape

is about quick rebound after shaping rather than mainly adapting
springy
vswhippy
3 3.5

Able to bounce back quickly after being pressed or stretched

focuses on bending and rebounding more than rapid return
pliant
vswhippy
3 5.6

Easily bent or shaped without breaking

focuses on bouncing back and resilience rather than simple adaptability
bendy
vswhippy
2 2.5

Easy to move into new shapes

puts more weight on bouncing back than simple softness
bendable
vswhippy
1 3.0

Can curve without breaking

adds quick rebound rather than only surviving a shape change
flexile
vswhippy
8.1

Easy to bend without breaking, like a thin branch

highlights rapid rebound after curving rather than only shape change

Antonyms

127 1.7

Not easy to bend or move

35 4.0

Does not bend because it is stiff

How Flexible

whippy
1 7.8
pliant
3 5.6
flexible
31 3.4
stiff
127 1.7
rigid
35 4.0

Surface Forms

whippy positive
whippier comparative
whippiest superlative

Morphology

whippy = whip (semi-transparent) = whip + y

The suffix '-y' is used to form adjectives, but the meaning shift to 'flexible' is not immediately obvious from 'whip'.

Etymology

Whippy comes from the simple word whip, a long, thin tool that 'bends and snaps back'. So, something called whippy bends easily and quickly springs back, like a young branch or a flexible fishing rod.