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# whippy

«whippy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Thin and bending easily, then springing back (a whippy…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (whippy, whippier, whippiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Thin and bending easily, then springing back (a whippy stick, whippy branches). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whippy/#m1)

2) (of cream, ice cream) Soft and fluffy, whipped (UK informal «a Mr Whippy» = soft-serve ice cream). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whippy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In nature and science lessons: flexible materials; willow twigs are whippy. In everyday life: a whippy fishing rod, a whippy aerial. Phrases: whippy stick, whippy branch.

### examples

- Willow branches are long and whippy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whippy/#x1)
- The fishing rod was light and whippy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whippy/#x2)
- He cut a whippy stick from the hedge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whippy/#x3)
- The whippy branches flicked back in my face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whippy/#x4)
- We got a whippy ice cream from the van. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whippy/#x5)
- Bamboo is strong and whippy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whippy/#x6)

### note

Comparatives: whippier, whippiest. From «whip».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «whippy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whippy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.