whipcordy

English

Etymology

From whipcord +‎ -y.

Adjective

whipcordy (comparative more whipcordy, superlative most whipcordy)

1. Resembling or characteristic of whipcord.
   • 1931 November, John Galsworthy, chapter XXIV, in Maid in Waiting, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: The Ryerson Press, published 1931, →OCLC, page 211:

     You remind me of a two-year-old, Dinny—one of those whipcordy chestnuts that kick up their heels in the paddock, get left at the post, and come in first after all.