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The word whipsaw is in the Wiktionary

7 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • whipsaw n. A rip saw often operated by two people.
  • whipsaw v. To operate a whipsaw.
  • whipsaw v. (Transitive, finance) To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the…
  • whipsaw v. (Transitive) To defeat someone in two different ways at once.
  • whipsaw v. Of a trade union: to coerce employers into capitulating by bringing them the news that other (more easily…
  • whipsaw v. (US politics) To accept bribes from multiple parties at once, with the intent of letting down one or more of them.
  • whipsaw adj. Having the characteristic of arguing two sides at once.
59 English words from 7 English definitions

accept arguing at␣once before bribes bringing buying capitulating cause characteristic coerce defeat different down easily employers finance from Having intent into in␣two just letting letting␣down lose more multiple news Of␣a often once one operate operated other parties people politics potential profit rip rip␣saw saw shares sides someone that the them trade trader trade␣union Transitive two union ways whipsaw with

6 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

whipsawn whipsaws whipsawed whipsawing whipsawyer whipsawyers

18 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

hip Hip HIP hips hiPS HIPs iPS IPs IPS PsA PSA Psa. saw Saw SAW whip WHIP whips

13 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

asp ASP ASPI PIH SPI was Was WAs wasp Wasp WASP Waspi WASPI

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

washwipe whipsawn whipsaws

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Hsipaw pishaw Wishaw


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