Definitions for whiplash

Overview of noun whiplash

The noun whiplash has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. whiplash, whiplash injury

(an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident))

2. whip, lash, whiplash

(a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt")