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whip-cracker
[
hwip
-krak-er,
wip
-]
/ˈʰwɪpˌkræk ər, ˈwɪp-/
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noun
1.
a person who cracks a whip.
2.
a person who exerts authority, especially excessively or ostentatiously.
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