whiplike
Americanadjective
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One had a whiplike antenna that would hit him as he ran.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2022
The most substantial interventions are in the percussion, with drum hits deployed to dramatic effect and a whiplike slap adding terror to Pizarro’s murder-plotting “Ha, welch’ ein Augenblick.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
Instead, the tail in amber is whiplike and flexible, bending in several places at once.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 8, 2016
Hence the children’s Sanskrit names and their long, whiplike tails of hair, which their father, stirring a bit of Sikh tradition into his ad-hoc doctrine, didn’t let them cut.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2015
Before the axe could make contact, a whiplike willow branch smacked the weapon out of Sigurd’s hand.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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