whipsaw
Meaning of whipsaw
noun
A rip saw often operated by two people
verb- To operate a whipsaw.
- To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises.
- To defeat someone in two different ways at once.
- Of a trade union: to coerce employers into capitulating by bringing them the news that other (more easily convinced) employers have already done so.
- (US politics) To accept bribes from multiple parties at once, with the intent of letting down one or more of them.
adjective
Having the characteristic of arguing two sides at once
Information about whipsaw
- The plural form of whipsaw is: whipsaws.
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Hyphenation of whipsaw
whip-saw
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- whipsaw is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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