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Definition: Whip Hand |
Whip HandNoun1. Position of advantage and control. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Whip HandSynonym: upper hand (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Success | Surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle; se tirer d'affaire; make head against; stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem the current; weather the storm, weather a point; turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over; master; get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of; distance; surpass; (superiority). |
Advantage over; upper hand, whip hand; ascendancy, mastery; expugnation, conquest, victory, subdual; subjugation; (subjection). | |
Superiority | Verb: be superior; Adjective: exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip; eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint; have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage; turn the scale, kick the beam; play first fiddle; (importance); preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come first; come to a head, culminate; beat; all others, bear the palm; break the record; take the cake. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Whip Hand (1951) | |
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Expressions using "whip hand": get the whip hand of smb. ♦ have the whip hand of. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "whip hand"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | komandë (command, control). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ръката която държи камшик, контрол (charge, control, disposition, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, lordship, oversight, superintendence), преимущество (advantage, interest, odds, perquisite, privilege, superiority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | י" שלטת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | uralkodó helyzet, ostort tartó kéz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ipwhay andhay держащая кнут рука. (various references) vlast (authority, control, dominance, dominion, power), desna ruka kočijaša. (various references) övertaget. (various references) kamçı tutan el, avantaj (advance, advantage, avail, benefit, head start, odds, start, vantage), üstünlük (advantage, altitude, ascendancy, ascendency, beat, championship, class, distinction, dominance, edge, eligibility, excellence, head start, hegemony, lordship, mastery, odds, overweight, pre eminence, precedence, predominance, preponderance, primacy, spirit, supereminence, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, virtue). (various references) tay cầm roi, phần hn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-h-h-i-n-p-w" | |
-2 letters: whidah. | |
-3 letters: aphid, diwan. | |
-4 letters: dawn, hand, hind, hwan, nipa, padi, paid, pain, pawn, pian, pina, wadi, wain, wand, whap, whid, whin, whip, wind. | |
-5 letters: aid, ain, and, ani, awn, dah, dap, daw, din, dip, had, hah, hap, haw, hid, hin, hip, nah, nap, naw, nip, pad, pah, pan, paw, phi, pia, pin, wad. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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