whipsaw
noun
a saw for two persons, as a pitsaw, used to divide timbers lengthwise.
whipsawing
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present participleof whipsaw.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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He liked to play loudly, for many hours at a time, improvising ceaseless and whipsawing sagas of frenetic melodies and emphatic blaring and screeching—it was a whole lot of sound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
In the face of whipsawing mortgage rates, spring home buyers want something certain.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
But an extra day when little else is trading—at a time when breaking news from the Middle East is whipsawing markets —is a chance for Bitcoin to shine.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
The past few weeks of stock market whipsawing have been a gut check for internet communities that swelled in numbers during the usually excellent markets of the past five years.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2025
He began whipsawing lumber, but after disablement from a gunpowder explosion he found lighter employment in keeping a billiard room.
From American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
