whipsaw

IPA: wˈɪpsɔ

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.

Examples of "whipsaw" in Sentences

Then the Indian brings over a whipsaw from the cabin at Surprise Lake and makes lumber enough for the box.
This bargaining tactic is called the whipsaw, and B.C. taxpayers are about to feel it in the months ahead.
From a technical standpoint, the market is displaying a specific set of trends and divergences that has often been associated with "whipsaw" reversals.
Until clear answers emerge, expectations center on the kind of whipsaw markets seen in 2010 where the dollar is tossed up and down as investors move their focus between the regions' competing woes.
The word 'whipsaw' might be an understatement to describe stock markets on Friday: up big at the start of trading, down big in midday trading and now U.S. indexes are up again - and substantially - in early afternoon trading.