coup de fouet — meaning in English

English meaning

• lash noun A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
• whiplash noun A neck injury caused by a sudden, violent jerking of the head, often in a car accident.

Senses

coup de fouet is used for these senses in English:

• kick start An impetus that starts or restarts some process.
• lash A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
• whiplash (countable) The lash of a whip.
• whiplash An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.

lash — full definition

1. noun A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
2. noun A strike delivered with a whip, or the flexible cord of a whip itself.
3. verb To hit hard with a whip or something similarly flexible.
4. verb To tie something down tightly with rope or cord.

whiplash — full definition

1. noun A neck injury caused by a sudden, violent jerking of the head, often in a car accident.
2. noun A sudden, jarring change or shock.

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