whipcrack

whipcrack
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
: the cracking of a whip; also : a sound resembling the crack of a whip

the hollow rising hum of skis … ended in the tiny furious whipcracks of flapping pants as the jumper became airborne — Newsweek


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