whippy

whippy

of, like, or relating to a whip
very resilient or springy: a whippy branch

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Adjective

(comparative whippier, superlative whippiest)

Whiplike; thin and pliant.
The tree's whippy branches grazed his face.

Origin

whip +"Ž -y

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