Definition of "whiplash" in английский

noun

1. (countable) The lash of a whip.

2. An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.

3. (figurative) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.

verb

1. To jerk back and forth; to buffet.

2. To lash as if with a whip.