Definitions for whip-hand

whip-hand whip hand

Whip-Hand is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in whip-hand (-adhhinpw).

Definitions for whip-hand

noun

  1. the hand that holds the whip, in driving.
  2. an advantageous or controlling position:

Origin of whip-hand

First recorded in 1670-80

Examples for whip-hand

Now, of course, if you hold most of the available stock you have the whip hand of us.

"I'd sooner lose my whip hand than go back on him now," he declared.

He knew as well as they did that possession of the bill gave him the whip hand.

“You see, my dear girl, you now have the whip hand,” said Dud.

They are sure they will have the whip hand of the Narrows by to-morrow.

The speaker is too dumbfounded, so far, to be able to get the whip hand of the circumstances.

Rooted in downtown Pittsburgh, he resisted the era of deregulated finance that gave Wall Street the whip hand over the economy.

"You've got the whip hand, as usual," said he, with a tinge of bitterness.

She knew she had the whip hand for the moment and meant to use it.

They were as deep in the mud as he was in the mire, and he had the whip hand of them all.

Word Value for whip-hand
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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