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whippiness|ˈhwɪpɪnɪs|
[f. whippy a. + -ness.]
Pliable quality; flexibility.
1881Sportsman's Year-bk. 70 Some successful anglers use the two extremes of whippiness and stiffness [in fly-rods]. 1913W. E. Dommett Motor Car Mech. 130 This control has the objection..that the gear box has to be long with possible whippiness of the shafting. 1975Daily Tel. 5 Apr. 8/1 All you have to do is to choose a branch of sufficient whippiness to be pulled down to the ground and fixed there. |