whipsawn
Meaning of whipsawn
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.
Information about whipsawn
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Hyphenation of whipsawn
whip-sawn
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- whipsawn is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with whipsawn
sawn, bandsawn, resawn, jigsawn, hacksawn, unsawn, ripsawn, quartersawn
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