whiplash : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: whiplash	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for whiplash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whiplash n an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) Synonym(s): whiplash, whiplash injury a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt" Synonym(s): whip, lash, whiplash
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiplash \Whip"lash`\, n. The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted.