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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of the
lash of awhip .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the 1960s biologists studying conception described the "whip-lashlike motion and strong lurches" of sperm "delivering" genes required to "activate the developmental program of the egg," which "drifted" along passively.
The Science Wars 2008
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Labiskwee muttered something in Indian, and so lashlike was the sound that Smoke remembered she had been called "cheetah" by
Smoke Bellew Jack London 1896
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Strings of expletives he swung lashlike over the backs of his men, and it was evident that his previous efforts had in nowise impaired his resources.
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Strings of expletives he swung lashlike over the backs of his men, and it was evident that his previous efforts had in nowise impaired his resources.
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Strings of expletives he swung lashlike over the backs of his men, and it was evident that his previous efforts had in nowise impaired his resources.
The Red Badge of Courage Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900 1895
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Strings of expletives he swung lashlike over the backs of his men, and it was evident that his previous efforts had in nowise impaired his resources.
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 1885
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Strings of expletives he swung lashlike over the backs of his men, and it was evident that his previous efforts had in nowise impaired his resources.
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 1885
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