1. whiplash(n = noun.state) whiplash injury - an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident);
is a kind of harm, hurt, injury, trauma
2. whiplash(n = noun.act) lash, whip - a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"
is a kind of blow
1. The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted. [1913 Webster]
2. a sudden change of direction, resembling the motion of the tip of a whip when it is cracked. [PJC]
3. a stinging psychological effect reminiscent of being stung by a whip. [PJC]
4. a whiplash injury. [PJC]
whiplash, n.
1 the flexible end of a whip.
2 a blow with a whip.
Idiom:
whiplash injury an injury to the neck caused by a jerk of the head, esp. as in a motor accident.