ALL meanings of whiplash injury
whip·lash in·ju·ry
W w - noun whiplash injury injury caused when neck is jerked 1
- noun whiplash injury the lash of a whip. 1
- noun whiplash injury an abrupt snapping motion or change of direction resembling the lash of a whip. 1
- noun whiplash injury Also, whiplash injury. a neck injury caused by a sudden jerking backward, forward, or both, of the head: Whiplash resulted when their car was struck from behind. 1
- noun whiplash injury Also called whiplash curve. a connected series of reverse curves of more or less elliptical form, used as a major design motif in the Art Nouveau style. 1
- verb with object whiplash injury to beat, hit, throw, etc., with or as if with a whiplash. 1
- verb with object whiplash injury to affect adversely, as by a sudden change: new taxes whiplashing corporate earnings. 1
- noun whiplash injury any injury to the neck resulting from a sudden thrusting forwards and snapping back of the unsupported head 0