How to pronounce “whipsaw”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A rip saw often operated by two people.
• [Verb]
• 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.
• [Adjective]
• Having the characteristic of arguing two sides at once.

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