whipcrack
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]whipcrack (plural whipcracks)
- The crack of a whip.
- 1998, Barry Yourgrau, Haunted Traveller: An Imaginary Memoir:
- I flounder off toward the shouts and whipcracks, screaming for my life.
- 2009, Steve Chick, Psychic Confusion: The Sonic Youth Story:
- This dichotomy played out across the album, its title “LOVE” spelt backwards, its lyric sheet speaking of whipcracks that feel like kisses, of violence as a gateway to bliss […]