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Definition of whiplash

What does whiplash mean?

noun

an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
- synonym: whiplash injury
- more generic: harm / hurt / injury / trauma = any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- synonyms: lash / whip
- more generic: blow = a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon

Alternative definition

noun

the lash of a whip
- synonym: whiplash injury (2)
an injury to the upper spine caused by a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction

verb

To jerk back and forth; to buffet
To lash as if with a whip

Character

Whiplash is the name of several fictional characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Each Whiplash is a minor supervillain in the Marvel Universe, with the first and latest appearing as prominent members of Iron Man's rogues gallery.

also known as Ivan Vanko
created by Erik Larsen

Films

Whiplash is a British/Australian television series made by the Seven Network and ATV and ITC Entertainment. Filmed in 1959-60, the series was first broadcast in September 1960 in the United Kingdom followed by Australia in February 1961 and had opening titles featuring the Australian locale and terrain and a dozen wild kangaroos as a Cobb & Co stage passed pulled by a team of five horses driven by Cobb himself.
- begun on September 10th, 1960 and completed on June 10th, 1961 (51 years ago)
- 34 episodes of 25 or 30 minutes each
- country: Australia
- regular cast: Peter Graves as Christopher Cobb
- genres: Western, History, Drama, Action/Adventure
"Whiplash" is a 1948 American film noir directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Kenneth Earl, Harriet Frank, Jr., Maurice Geraghty and Gordon Kahn.
- country: United States of America
- language: English Language
- starring:
- music by Franz Waxman, William Lava
- genres: Film noir, Black-and-white, Drama
- released on December 24th, 1948 (64 years ago)
- read more about Whiplash (film)
"Whiplash" is a 2012 short film written and directed by Damien Chazelle.
- country: United States of America
- language: English Language
- producers: Nicholas Britell, Helen Estabrook, Couper Samuelson
- executive producers: Jason Reitman & Jason Blum
- production design by Stephanie Haas
- written by Damien Chazelle
- starring:
  - J. K. Simmons
  - Johnny Simmons
  - John Greer as Napoleon
- released in 2012
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"Whiplash" is a 1995 short film directed by Warren Sonbert and Jeff Scher.
- country: United States of America
- directors: Jeff Scher & Warren Sonbert
- producer: Jon A. Gartenberg
- production design by Warren Sonbert
- written by Warren Sonbert
- released in 1995 (18 years ago)
- read more about Whiplash (film)

Games

"Whiplash" is a platformer video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox where a long-tailed weasel chained to a rabbit must work together to escape from a product testing corporation. The game is a basic platformer, with Spanx as the main character, and Redmond as more of a tool.
- mode: Single-player video game
- developer: Crystal Dynamics
- genres: Platform game, Fighting game, Action game
- publisher: Eidos Interactive
- released on November 18th, 2003 (9 years ago)
"Whiplash" a.k.a. "Fatal Racing", known as Whiplash in the USA, is a 3D stunt car racing game developed by Gremlin Interactive and published in 1995 for the MS-DOS OS.
- mode: Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game
- developer: Gremlin Interactive Limited
- genres: Racing video game, Vehicular combat game
- released in 1995 (18 years ago)

Music

"Whiplash" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the second single from their debut album, Kill 'Em All. The song has been covered a number of times, most notably by Motörhead whose version won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
- music by Lars Ulrich & James Hetfield
Whiplash is a song by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene, from their third studio album When the Sun Goes Down. The song was originally written for Britney Spears; after she started working on her sixth studio album Circus, Spears contacted Nicole Morier to write songs with her. Together, they wrote "Mmm Papi", "Rock Me In" and "Whiplash". The latter, which was produced by Greg Kurstin, who also helped to write the track, failed to make the album. In 2011, Selena Gomez recorded the song with her band for When the Sun Goes Down.
"Whiplash" is the seventh studio album by British alternative rock band James. It contained the top ten hit "She's a Star" which re-established the group commercially. The sessions for the album were long and stretched over a period of more than 2 years with many unreleased songs being recorded – Brian Eno produced many of the early sessions and details some of these songs and the recording process in his book A Year with Swollen Appendices. The album was reissued in remastered form in 2001 with 4 bonus tracks.
- genres: Alternative rock, Britpop
- released on February 25th, 1997 (15 years ago)
"Whiplash" is New Zealand band Stellar*'s eleventh single, and their first single from their third album Something Like Strangers. This was Stellar*'s first new release in three years (excluding their cover of Tim Finn's Persuasion released for the She Will Have Her Way cover album). It was released as an exclusive digital download from the New Zealand digital music download site Digirama. Whiplash would be the 44th most downloaded song at Digirama for 2006. The song was first mentioned by Chris Van de Geer at Stellar*'s official message board in April 2005 as having been a track that was almost complete. It was also mentioned as a possible single for the album. However, in a later post by Chris in December he stated that the song had recently almost completely re-recorded and was set for release. The song was compared to Scottish blues rock band Texas' style by the New Zealand Herald.

Group

Whiplash is an American thrash metal/speed metal band. The band was founded in 1984 in Passaic, New Jersey by the three Tonys: Tony Portaro, Tony Scaglione and Tony Bono. This lineup recorded their debut album for Roadrunner records. Joe Cangelosi replaced Tony Scaglione in 1986 when he left for a small stint with Slayer. Scaglione later went on to record and or perform with Raging Slab, Cause For Alarm and Sheer Terror among others. Joe Cangelosi recorded Ticket to Mayhem in 1987 with the two Tonys and Insult to Injury in 1989. Joe Cangelosi also joined German metal band Kreator in 1994 and recorded Cause for Conflict in 1995. In 1989 Glenn Hansen joined the band as the new singer along with Joe from the previous album. They were part of the album titled Insult to Injury as well. The band split up, but reunited in 1996 after Portaro and Scaglione joined forced in a revamped lineup of Billy Milano's M.O.D. for a European tour. Whiplash released two further albums, Cult of One and Sit, Stand, Kneel, Pray before the three Tonys recorded a final album together in 1998.

genres: Speed metal, Thrash metal, Heavy metal
albums: "Ticket to Mayhem", "Sit Stand Kneel Prey", "Insult to Injury / Live in New York 1986", "Power and Pain / Ticket to Mayhem", "Cult of One", "Insult to Injury", "Messages in Blood: The Early Years", "Power and Pain", "Thrashback", "Unborn Again"

Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions about whiplash

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Clinical Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (2011)

An Evidence-Based Approach by S. Brent Brotzman, M.D., Robert C. Manske, Kay Daugherty

Hyperextension Hyperflexion Anterior longitudinal ligament tears Interspinaous ligament tears Spinous process fractures Disk herniation figure 8-1 Whiplash is the sudden acceleration–deceleration of the head in space. Neck Pain (Spitzer et ...

Ask the Chiropractor II (2005)

by Steven Pollack

Answer: Seat-belt whiplash is a term used to describe an injury sustained secondary to the seatbelt tightening across your chest,

Whiplash is the rapid forward to back, back to forward or side to side motion of the upper torso or neck.

Mosby's pathology for massage therapists (2008)

by Susan G. Salvo

Whiplash. (Cervical. Sprain,. Cervical. Strain,. Cervical. Acceleration- Deceleration. Injury,. Hyperextension-Hyperflexion. Injury). ○ ○ Description Whiplash is a strain of the cervical spine, most commonly at the junction of ...

International Symposium on Advanced Techniques and Clinical Applications in Biomedical Thermology (1995)

by K. Mabuchi

INTRODUCTION Cervical whiplash is a well recognized clinical syndrome most commonly occurring following motor vehicle accidents where there is a rear-end collision and a flexion/hypertension cervical spine injury. Upper limb pain ...

Medical meanings (2003)

a glossary of word origins by William S Haubrich

whiplash is a highly descriptive word that conveys a ...

NMS Review for the USMLE Clinical Skills Exam, 2e (2008)

by Erich A. Arias, M.D., Nelly Amador, Ph.D.

Whiplash is a term that describes injury to the neck that occurs as a result of a motor vehicle or car accident. The most common type of car accident is the rear impact. Due to the legal and insurance issues, the veracity of complaints of neck ...

The Whiplash Encyclopedia (2006)

Whiplash and Disc Degeneration There are numerous signs of disc degeneration on an X-ray, including disc space narrowing, osteophytes, and changes in vertebral alignment with respect ...

Mo' Urban Dictionary (2009)

Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined by Peckham, Aaron

whiplash. The mental effect of realizing that a basic assumption of ...

Encyclopedia of Entomology (2008)

by John L. Capinera

Whiplash. Dermatitis. A term used in Australia for dermatitis linearis. >• Dermatitis Linearis ...

Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence (2007)

by Nicky Ali Jackson

Norman Gulthkelch, a British neurosurgeon, identified whiplash shaking forces as a cause of subdural hematomas. Caffey later postulated that children who are violently shaken can develop the classic SBS triad of long ...

Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary (2004)

by Robert Jean Campbell

whiplash Sudden hyperextension or hyperflexion of the neck results in rapid loss of memory of life experiences without loss of intellectually learned facts. The syndrome is based on bilateral vascular disturbances in the hippocampal gyri, ...

Medical Dictionary (1998)

A Concise and Up-To-Date Guide to Medical Terms

Whiplash injury. whiplash injury n. A hyperextension-hyperflexion injury to the cervical spine caused by an abrupt jerking motion of the head, either backwatd or forwatd ...

Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary (2009)

by Gerald Hill Attorney

whiplash a common neck or back injury, often suffered in automobile accidents in which the head and/or upper back is snapped back and forth suddenly and violently. whistleblogger a ...