ALL meanings of whipsawed
whip·sawed
W w - noun whipsawed Simple past tense and past participle of whipsaw. 1
- adjective whipsawed subjected to a double loss, as when an investor has bought a stock at a high price soon before it declines and then, in order to make good the loss, sells it short before it advances. 1
- noun whipsawed a saw for two persons, as a pitsaw, used to divide timbers lengthwise. 1
- verb with object whipsawed to cut with a whipsaw. 1
- verb with object whipsawed to win two bets from (a person) at one turn or play, as at faro. 1
- verb with object whipsawed to subject to two opposing forces at the same time: The real-estate market has been whipsawed by high interest rates and unemployment. 1
- verb without object whipsawed (of a trailer, railroad car, etc.) to swing suddenly to the right or left, as in rounding a sharp curve at high speed. 1