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Meaning of "the whip hand" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE WHIP HAND

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WHAT DOES THE WHIP HAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of the whip hand in the English dictionary

The definition of the whip hand in the dictionary is the hand holding the whip. Other definition of the whip hand is advantage or dominating position.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE WHIP HAND

the west
the West Bank
the West Country
the West End
the wet
the wharves
the wheel
the Wheel Blacks
the wherewithal
the which
the while
the white
the White House
the whole boiling
the whole kit
the whole nine yards
the whole shoot
the whole shooting match
the wild
the Wild Geese

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE WHIP HAND

a free hand
a heavy hand
at first hand
at hand
at second hand
by hand
come to hand
first hand
from hand to hand
hand
hand in hand
hat in hand
helping hand
in hand
on hand
out of hand
second hand
take in hand
the upper hand
to hand
upper hand

Synonyms and antonyms of the whip hand in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the whip hand» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE WHIP HAND

Find out the translation of the whip hand to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the whip hand from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the whip hand» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鞭手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la sartén por el mango
570 millions of speakers

English

the whip hand
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोड़ा हाथ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من ناحية سوط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кнут рука
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a mão chicote
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চাবুক হাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la main de fouet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tangan cambuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Oberhand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホイップハンド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

윕 손
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tangan cemlorot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Mặt roi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சவுக்கை கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चाबूक हात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kırbaç eli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

la mano frusta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dłoni bicz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

батіг рука
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de o parte bici
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το πάνω χέρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die sweep hand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

piskan handen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pisken hånd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the whip hand

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE WHIP HAND»

The term «the whip hand» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.621 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE WHIP HAND» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the whip hand» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the whip hand» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the whip hand

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE WHIP HAND»

Discover the use of the whip hand in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the whip hand and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Women with the Whip Hand
Lindsay Ross, author of Mortification of Isabel and other titillating tales of erotica, created a masterful collection of Femdom short stories with Women with the Whiphand.
Lindsay Ross, 2011
2
Earth Vs. the Sci-fi Filmmakers: 20 Interviews
At Hughes' behest,The Man He Found became The Whip Hand, a more conventional drama, with Hitler excised and replaced in the plot by Commie agents—a crass attempt by Hughes to capitalize on fervent anti–Communist sentiment then ...
Tom Weaver, 2014
3
Whip Hand
Sands swore he’d get the whip hand over Kimbrough and that one day Kimbrough would curse the day he laid eyes on Sands. . . on Wyoming. . . and on Nora. In 1951, eminent editor and critic, Burton Rascoe, wrote of Joseph Chadwick.
Joseph Chadwick, 2005
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A Daughter of the Land
"Better feed her up pretty well 'til she gits the habit of staying here and mebby the rest who take boarders will be full," she said to herself. "Time enough to go at skimpin' when she's settled, and busy, an' I get the whip hand." But in planning to  ...
Gene Stratton-Porter, 2008
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The Whip Hand
Victor Canning. there black shirted and breeched, dagger still stuck in the top of his belt. He had a whip in his hand, and I'd seen the whip before, in Paris, a fancy affair with an ivorybanded gold grip. Greekkey pattern on the leatherstock anda ...
Victor Canning, 2011
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Containing the English before the French and the Italian
... Г fahre, fpada Whininç. в. plaintif, querulo * . . Whinny, v. п. hennir, nitrire » t # W'ip,/ un fouet, fruita (Coachman's whip,/ le fout d'un cochlù&IM di cocchitre (To have the whip hand, avoir .Paeanlpft. efler fuperiore '• Whip,/, (round ûitch)/«rjrf, ...
Ferdinando Bottarelli, 1805
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English, French and Italian
... dolore Whíniard, /• fahre, fpada Whining, a. plaintif, querulo Whinny, v. n. hennir, nitrire Whip, /• un fouet, ftuita ( Coachman's whip , /. le fouet d'un cocher, frufta di cocchierc (To hare the whip hand, avoir l'a vantage, efser iupenore Whip, /.
F. Bottarelli, 1803
8
Executive Leadership in Anglo-American Systems
And while we involved OMB at every stage, we tended, I think, to be more the whip hand in driving that process, whereas I think OMB was more the whip hand in the Reagan administration. This indicates that the goals of the president have a ...
Colin Campbell, Margaret Jane Wyszomirski, 1991
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Chambers Idioms
... upper. have the whip hand see whip. high-handed see high. in good hands receiving care and attention: Your husband will soon be well again — he 's in good hands here. in hand 1 not used etc; remaining: Of the £60 we collected, we' ve ...
10
Sold on Radio: Advertisers in the Golden Age of Broadcasting
... of decades earlier. And although Thompson rightly alleges to have formed the trade's first creative 32 3: Ad Agencies: They Held the Whip Hand.
Jim Cox, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE WHIP HAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the whip hand is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ancient laws unfairly give insurers the whip hand
There are lots of examples to choose from, where insurance companies deny legitimate claims. One concerns an elderly man whose front door was broken ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
Fox hunting and EVEL: who has the whip hand?
Who can remember those far gone days of the general election campaign when the Conservatives warned that putting Ed Miliband in Downing Street would see ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Wagering taxation: Lower-taxing states have the whip hand on NSW
TWO of Sydney's leading horse racing syndicators may be forced to move some of their business interstate unless there is an increase in prizemoney in NSW. «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»
4
Irish Yes to Aer Lingus bid gives Ryanair the whip hand over IAG
Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary must be relishing this moment. In his hands he holds the fate of the €1.35bn bid for Aer Lingus from International Airlines Group. «Financial Times, May 15»
5
Whipping boy Clegg now holds the whip hand
Who is the most under-rated, over-criticised, most misunderstood politician in Britain? Whose party is being punished most heavily for its record over the past five ... «The Times, Apr 15»
6
Blur release new single and announce first studio album in 12 years …
Moody single Go Out (see video below) is the first song to be revealed from album, The Whip Hand – the Britpop band's first studio effort since Think Tank in ... «Radio Times, Feb 15»
7
Racing tax overhaul gives Luke Foley the whip hand over Premier …
NSW's vastly inflated racing tax would be slashed under a Labor government, bringing it in line with the much lower tax paid by punters in Victoria. In his first ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jan 15»
8
The whip hand: Davy Condon pushes Bayan to Ascot success but …
Bayan dug deep to take The Ladbroke at Ascot for trainer Gordon Elliott in a dramatic race that was to see both winning rider Davy Condon and Sam ... «Herald Scotland, Dec 14»
9
Docker's VMware tryst is about giving sysadmins the whip hand
VMworld 2014 Docker's often been cast as an enfant terrible so talented that it makes mature predecessors suddenly look a bit old, slow and irrelevant. What ... «Register, Aug 14»
10
Newcastle Fans Hold The Whip Hand - Not Mike Ashley
Ashley will try to divide the fans to maintain the upper hand. ... of this short piece is to remind the fans that the club and Mike Ashley do not hold the whip hand. «The Mag, Apr 14»

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