whipcordy

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of whipcord.

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Meanings

adjectivewhipcordy (comparative more whipcordy, superlative most whipcordy)

comparative more whipcordy · superlative most whipcordy

  1. Resembling or characteristic of whipcord.

    You remind me of a two-year-old, Dinny—one of those whipcordy chestnuts that kick up their heels in the paddock, get left at the post, and come in first after all.

    1931 November, John Galsworthy, chapter XXIV, in Maid in Waiting, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: The Ryerson Press, published 1931, →OCLC, page 211

Origin

From whipcord + -y.

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APA

whipcordy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipcordy

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“whipcordy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipcordy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whipcordy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipcordy.

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