whippy

Example Sentences

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She used her feet effectively to skip down the pitch and combat the swing, scoring predominantly through the leg side with her trademark whippy wrists and strong drives.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024

For instance, some bacteria have flagella, or long, whippy tails rotated by motors.

From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2020

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

It was too early for one of those whippy senior noodles.

From Golf Digest • Feb. 6, 2017

His thin whippy tail began to sweep to and fro and a bright gleam appeared in the slanted black-currant eyes.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford