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whipsaw
whip·saw W5125400 (wĭp′sô′, hwĭp′-)n. A narrow two-person crosscut saw.tr.v. whip·sawed, whip·sawed or whip·sawn (-sôn′), whip·saw·ing, whip·saws 1. To cut with a whipsaw.2. To cause to move or alternate rapidly in contrasting directions: "The bond market ... continues to be whipsawed by fears of rekindled inflation" (Steven E. Levingston).3. In card games, especially poker, for two players to raise and re-raise with one or more players in between who must call the raises in order to stay in the game.4. To defeat or best in two ways at once.whipsaw (ˈwɪpˌsɔː) n (Tools) any saw with a flexible blade, such as a bandsawvb (tr) , -saws, -sawing, -sawed, -sawed or -sawn1. (Tools) to saw with a whipsaw2. US to defeat in two ways at oncewhip•saw (ˈʰwɪpˌsɔ, ˈwɪp-) n., v. -sawed, -sawed -sawn, -saw•ing. n. 1. a saw for two persons, used to divide timbers lengthwise. v.t. 2. to cut with a whipsaw. 3. to win two bets from (a person) at one turn or play, as at faro. 4. to subject to two opposing forces at the same time. [1530–40] whipsaw Past participle: whipsawn Gerund: whipsawing
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I whipsaw | you whipsaw | he/she/it whipsaws | we whipsaw | you whipsaw | they whipsaw |
Preterite |
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I whipsawed | you whipsawed | he/she/it whipsawed | we whipsawed | you whipsawed | they whipsawed |
Present Continuous |
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I am whipsawing | you are whipsawing | he/she/it is whipsawing | we are whipsawing | you are whipsawing | they are whipsawing |
Present Perfect |
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I have whipsawn | you have whipsawn | he/she/it has whipsawn | we have whipsawn | you have whipsawn | they have whipsawn |
Past Continuous |
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I was whipsawing | you were whipsawing | he/she/it was whipsawing | we were whipsawing | you were whipsawing | they were whipsawing |
Past Perfect |
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I had whipsawn | you had whipsawn | he/she/it had whipsawn | we had whipsawn | you had whipsawn | they had whipsawn |
Future |
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I will whipsaw | you will whipsaw | he/she/it will whipsaw | we will whipsaw | you will whipsaw | they will whipsaw |
Future Perfect |
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I will have whipsawn | you will have whipsawn | he/she/it will have whipsawn | we will have whipsawn | you will have whipsawn | they will have whipsawn |
Future Continuous |
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I will be whipsawing | you will be whipsawing | he/she/it will be whipsawing | we will be whipsawing | you will be whipsawing | they will be whipsawing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been whipsawing | you have been whipsawing | he/she/it has been whipsawing | we have been whipsawing | you have been whipsawing | they have been whipsawing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been whipsawing | you will have been whipsawing | he/she/it will have been whipsawing | we will have been whipsawing | you will have been whipsawing | they will have been whipsawing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been whipsawing | you had been whipsawing | he/she/it had been whipsawing | we had been whipsawing | you had been whipsawing | they had been whipsawing |
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I would whipsaw | you would whipsaw | he/she/it would whipsaw | we would whipsaw | you would whipsaw | they would whipsaw |
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I would have whipsawn | you would have whipsawn | he/she/it would have whipsawn | we would have whipsawn | you would have whipsawn | they would have whipsawn | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | whipsaw - a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two peoplelumberman's saw, two-handed saw, two-man sawpitsaw - a large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit belowsaw - hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting | Verb | 1. | whipsaw - victimize, especially in gambling or negotiationscheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" | | 2. | whipsaw - saw with a whipsawsaw - cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace" | Translationswhipsaw
whipsaw1. tv. to assault a person; to gang up and beat a person. What kind of creeps would whipsaw an old buzzard like that? 2. tv. [for the stock market] to reduce the capital of investors by frightening them into selling when stock prices are low and encouraging them to buy when prices are high. (Securities markets.) A lot of people were whipsawed in the recent market volatility. EncyclopediaSeechatterwhipsaw
Whipsaw1. A change in a security's price quickly followed by another change in the opposite direction. For example, a security could rise $1 then quickly lose $2, or it could fall 50 cents then rise 75 cents. Whipsaws are significant risks for day traders and speculators who may lose large amounts of money in short-term trading.
2. To buy securities at a market top or to sell at a market bottom. That is, one whipsaws when one buys or sells securities at exactly the worst possible time. One whipsaws out of fear or out of misreading market signals. To whipsaw is also called to chatter.whipsaw A quick price movement followed by a sharp price change in the opposite direction. An investor expecting a continuation in the direction of a security's price movement is likely to experience whipsaw in a volatile market. This risk is very important to short-term traders but inconsequential to long-term investors.whipsaw
Synonyms for whipsawnoun a saw with handles at both endsSynonyms- lumberman's saw
- two-handed saw
- two-man saw
Related Wordsverb victimize, especially in gambling or negotiationsRelated Wordsverb saw with a whipsawRelated Words |