a. [f. WHIP sb. + -Y1.] Resembling a whip; esp. bending like a whip, flexible, springy.

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1857.  F. Francis, Bk. Angling, ix. 277. The Irish spliced rods are … rather too whippy or flexible.

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1898.  Cycling, 25. An unduly whippy machine should be let alone.

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