whiplash

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable) The lash of a whip.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) 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.

Conceptes

fuetada

tralla

Sinònims

lash

whip

whiplash injury

Traduccions

Schleudertrauma

colpo di frusta

zweepslag

coup de fouet

tralla

Peitschenriemen

coup du lapin

διασυση

Halswirbelsyndrom

Peitschenschnur

fouetter

traumatisme

flageller

coup

cervical

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈwɪp.ˌlæʃ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Univerbation of whip + lash.