whippy

whippy
/hwip"ee, wip"ee/, adj., whippier, whippiest.
1. of, pertaining to, or resembling a whip.
2. bending and snapping back in the manner of a whip: a whippy tree branch.
[1865-70; WHIP + -Y1]

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