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Whip Hand

Definition: Whip Hand

Whip Hand

Noun

1. Position of advantage and control.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Whip Hand

Synonym: upper hand (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Whip Hand

ContextSynonyms 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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Modern Usage: Whip Hand

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Whip Hand (1951)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Whip Hand

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Whip Hand

Expressions using "whip hand": get the whip hand of smb. have the whip hand of. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Whip Hand

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

   

Russian 

  

держащая кнут рука. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vlast (authority, control, dominance, dominion, power), desna ruka kočijaša. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

övertaget. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tay cầm roi, phần hn. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Whip Hand

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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