whiplash
Because it is a word with a single syllable, whiplash is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofwhiplash
- The lash of a whip
- An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip
Synonyms: "whiplash injury", "whiplash-associated disorder"
- To jerk back and forth; to buffet
- To lash as if with a whip
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