whippinessn.
/ˈwɪpɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪpinᵻs/ Pliable quality; flexibility.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun]
pliantnessa1398
bowablenessc1475
limberness1565
bowingness1580
pliableness1581
suppleness1584
flexibility1616
pliancy1632
flexure1651
flexility1660
pliability1725
compliancy1793
facility1853
yieldiness1857
whippiness1881
bonelessness1928
1881 Sportsman's Year-bk. 70 Some successful anglers use the two extremes of whippiness and stiffness [in fly-rods].
1913 W. 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.
1931 F. Greenslet in H. Sheringham & J. C. Moore Bk. Fly-rod v. 44 A 12-foot four-piece fly-rod of a really delightful soft whippiness.
1975 Daily 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.
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