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bullwhip

American  
[bool-hwip, -wip] / ˈbʊlˌʰwɪp, -ˌwɪp /
Or bull-whip

noun

  1. a rawhide whip having a short handle and a long, plaited lash.


bullwhip British  
/ ˈbʊlˌwɪp /

noun

  1. a long tapering heavy whip, esp one of plaited rawhide

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to whip with a bullwhip

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bullwhip

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; bull 1 + whip


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For example, on the “Raiders of the Lost Ark” case, it features Indy with bullwhip mid-crack on the front and the Ark of the Covenant on the back.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2023

The hotel room in which we spoke had been dressed, presumably for video interviews, in full Indiana Jones, down to a curled-up bullwhip and the hat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2023

Fedora on head, bullwhip in hand, mind racing a mile a minute to outthink hot-on-his-heels pursuers, he’s very much the Indy of old.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023

Mr. Forrest has courted Mr. Zelensky, wearing a Ukrainian flag pin in his lapel and presenting the Ukraine president with an Australian bullwhip during a visit to Kyiv last year.

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

Like a bullwhip, the rain lashes and lashes.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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