whipcrack

plural whipcracks

1. The crack of a whip.

   I flounder off toward the shouts and whipcracks, screaming for my life.

   1998, Barry Yourgrau, Haunted Traveller: An Imaginary Memoir

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   This dichotomy played out across the album, its title “LOVE” spelt backwards, its lyric sheet speaking of whipcracks that feel like kisses, of violence as a gateway to bliss […]

   2009, Steve Chick, Psychic Confusion: The Sonic Youth Story