Whipcrack

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The crack of a whip.

    "I flounder off toward the shouts and whipcracks, screaming for my life."

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"I flounder off toward the shouts and whipcracks, screaming for my life."

Etymology

From whip + crack.

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