whipsaw
IPA: wˈɪpsɔ
noun
- A rip saw often operated by two people.
verb
- To operate a whipsaw.
- (transitive, finance) To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises.
- (transitive) To defeat someone in two different ways at once.
- Of a trade union: to coerce employers into capitulating by bringing them the news that other (more easily convinced) employers have already done so.
- (US politics) To accept bribes from multiple parties at once, with the intent of letting down one or more of them.
adjective
- Having the characteristic of arguing two sides at once.
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Examples of "whipsaw" in Sentences
- The goal of a whipsaw strike may vary.
- The pit saw is also known as a whipsaw.
- A second issue involved use of the whipsaw strike.
- Sometimes, a whipsaw strike is used as a bargaining tool.
- Thanks for the 'whipsaw' link, I did not know there was a word for it.
- To do this they must acquire a whipsaw if they do not already have one.
- It's always fun to see actors whipsaw between utterly different characters.
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