whip hand

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noun

the hand that holds the whip, in driving.

an advantageous or controlling position: She had the whip hand throughout the debate.

Origin of whip hand

First recorded in 1670–80

Words nearby whip hand

whip-and-tongue graft, whipbird, whipcord, whip-cracker, whip graft, whip hand, whip in, whiplash, whiplash injury, whipped, whipper-in

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Example sentences from the Web for whip hand

We hate him badly, but he has the whip-hand of us, and so we have to do the tame trot for him.
Rosa Mundi and Other Stories|Ethel M. Dell
He was looking toward the shack, and he raised his whip-hand menacingly.
The Plow-Woman|Eleanor Gates
I am not speaking of these days of labor scarcity; it takes no great moral quality to be independent when you have the whip-hand.
Dennison Grant|Robert Stead
What a miserable fear that he would lose the whip-hand of a fool's passion he was not even prepared to admit the existence of!
It Never Can Happen Again|William De Morgan

And Bilton was not accustomed to let anybody have the whip-hand of him.
The Relentless City|Edward Frederic Benson

British Dictionary definitions for whip hand

whip hand

noun the whip hand

(in driving horses) the hand holding the whip

advantage or dominating position

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单词	whip hand
释义	whip hand SEE SYNONYMS FOR whip hand ON THESAURUS.COM noun the hand that holds the whip, in driving. an advantageous or controlling position: She had the whip hand throughout the debate. Origin of whip hand First recorded in 1670–80 Words nearby whip hand whip-and-tongue graft, whipbird, whipcord, whip-cracker, whip graft, whip hand, whip in, whiplash, whiplash injury, whipped, whipper-in Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for whip hand We hate him badly, but he has the whip-hand of us, and so we have to do the tame trot for him. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories\|Ethel M. Dell He was looking toward the shack, and he raised his whip-hand menacingly. The Plow-Woman\|Eleanor Gates I am not speaking of these days of labor scarcity; it takes no great moral quality to be independent when you have the whip-hand. Dennison Grant\|Robert Stead What a miserable fear that he would lose the whip-hand of a fool's passion he was not even prepared to admit the existence of! It Never Can Happen Again\|William De Morgan And Bilton was not accustomed to let anybody have the whip-hand of him. The Relentless City\|Edward Frederic Benson British Dictionary definitions for whip hand whip hand noun the whip hand (in driving horses) the hand holding the whip advantage or dominating position Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to whip hand jurisdiction, force, rule, government, preeminence, upper hand, supremacy, excellence, perfection, prestige, dominance, superiority, leverage, advantage, predominance, domination, ascendancy, control, power, influence
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whip hand

noun

Origin of whip hand

Words nearby whip hand

Example sentences from the Web for whip hand

British Dictionary definitions for whip hand

noun the whip hand

Words related to whip hand