whippy
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7.8
- adjective
- /ˈwɪpi/
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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.
- 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
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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.
Blog text (24) -
Whine, whine, whippy, whippy.
Blog text (10) -
A little, whippy, winding ranky-cank thing.
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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.
Blog text (21) -
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).
Blog text (2) -
Whine, whine, whippy, whippy.
Blog text (10) -
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.
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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
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3.4
Able to bend easily without breaking and return to shape
18
3.7
Able to bend or move easily and smoothly
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1.9
A fabric you can pull that returns to its old shape
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4.2
Easy to bend or shape
3
3.5
Able to bounce back quickly after being pressed or stretched
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5.6
Easily bent or shaped without breaking
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2.5
Easy to move into new shapes
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3.0
Can curve without breaking
Easy to bend without breaking, like a thin branch
Antonyms
How Flexible
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.