Usually means: Neck injury from rapid movement.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (countable) The lash of a whip.
noun:  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.
noun:  (figurative) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
verb:  To jerk back and forth; to buffet.
verb:  To lash as if with a whip.

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