whet | sharpen by rubbing | ||
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whiff | a short light gust of air | ||
whimsical | determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity | ||
whine | a complaint uttered in a plaintive way | ||
whip | an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash | ||
whiplash | an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) | ||
whirl | the shape of something rotating rapidly | ||
whirling | the act of rotating in a circle or spiral | ||
whisk | a mixer incorporating a coil of wires | ||
whistle | the sound made by something moving rapidly |
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