whipsaw
verb/ˈwɪpsɔː/
/ˈwɪpsɔː/
(especially North American English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they whipsaw | /ˈwɪpsɔː/ /ˈwɪpsɔː/ |
| he / she / it whipsaws | /ˈwɪpsɔːz/ /ˈwɪpsɔːz/ |
| past simple whipsawed | /ˈwɪpsɔːd/ /ˈwɪpsɔːd/ |
| past participle whipsawed | /ˈwɪpsɔːd/ /ˈwɪpsɔːd/ |
| -ing form whipsawing | /ˈwɪpsɔːɪŋ/ /ˈwɪpsɔːɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] whipsaw something to cut something with a whipsaw
- They were whipsawing lumber.
- [transitive] whipsaw somebody/something to expose somebody/something to two difficult situations or opposing forces at the same time
- The public has been whipsawed by good and bad news about vitamins.
- [intransitive, transitive] whipsaw (something) to rise or fall or move back and forth; to cause something to do this synonym fluctuate
- Gold has whipsawed, falling from a peak of $1 000 an ounce.
- [transitive] whipsaw somebody to cheat or beat somebody in two ways at once
- The champions whipsawed them with equally effective running and passing for a 24–7 victory.
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