whipsaw
noun
a saw for two persons, as a pitsaw, used to divide timbers lengthwise.
whipsaws
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present tense formof whipsaw (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The best response to the stock market’s whipsaws is to ignore them.
From MarketWatch ● May 2, 2026
Investors have continued to rotate money into international equities, with European and emerging-market funds drawing steady inflows even as U.S. tech whipsaws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
A Santa rally is not guaranteed, and if 2025 has taught investors anything—with whipsaws from tariffs, artificial intelligence, and more—it is to expect the unexpected.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
Berlant, a gifted physical comic who whipsaws between over-the-top grandeur and abject awkwardness, introduces her situations with a wink — and even the winks are delivered in quotation marks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
The planks were made with whipsaws and water-mills.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
