whippy
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With a high yet unusual and whippy bat swing, his hands move away from his body as the bowler releases.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
For instance, some bacteria have flagella, or long, whippy tails rotated by motors.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2020
June 29, 1977 The Dead End kids are running the show at Wimbledon — unpredictable, spontaneous, whippy, brazen.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2018
Much of the footage is decelerated, with McEnroe’s whippy serve becoming a languid, slow-motion dream of power withheld and loosed.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 24, 2018
Higher up, the elm branches became thin and whippy, not strong enough to support the plank’s weight.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Fiber-glass shafts, for instance, are whippier than steel, but their extreme flexibility only tends to exaggerate flaws in a golfer's swing.
From Time Magazine Archive
