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Meanings of whiplike in English

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flagel·lat

Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)

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Usage of whiplike in English
1
Down from the Keeper writhed and flicked a tangle of tentacles; serpentine, whiplike.
The Metal Monster
2
Fellwroth ran forward, pulling a whiplike Numinous disspell from the spellbook.
Spellwright
3
Two whiplike reports shattered the night quiet before Stephen O'Mara moved.
Then I'll Come Back to You
4
The many tentacles snapped toward them, whiplike, cutting the air with a hiss.
Phantoms
5
Their whiplike antennae were waving about with vigorous sweeping motions, like undersized wings.
The Naked God
6
But she gave him his quittance in a whiplike retort.
A Fool for Love
7
Sister Valya was a whiplike young woman with an oval face and hazel eyes.
Sisterhood of Dune
8
The demon paced the edge of the circle, flicking a long, thin, whiplike tail.
Blue Moon
9
For a few seconds the mountains flung whiplike echoes back and forth in a volley.
North of Fifty-Three
10
He did not feel the whiplike sting of boughs that struck him across the face.
Back to God's Country and Other Stories
11
Then there was a rustle among the whiplike branches.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
12
C-r-r-r-r-r-ack, and the mitrailleuse spits out a regular hail of death, vicious, whiplike, never-ceasing cracks.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, I...
13
The column of slime in the center of the room began to form a whiplike tail.
Phantoms
14
Sky the color of exotic olives moiled Naobi's halo while fragile whiplike branches scraped the glass.
The last page
15
The UT doctors would count and evaluate them-weretheir heads properly bulbous, their tails sufficiently whiplike?
The devil's alphabet
16
Well, there's a simple musculature, controlling its three legs and the three whiplike tendrils or feelers.
Rendezvous with Rama
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Whiplike through the time