A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.
A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies.
The lash of a whip.
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.
An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
To jerk back and forth; to buffet.
To lash as if with a whip.