whippy

English

Etymology

From whip +‎ -y.

Adjective

whippy (comparative whippier, superlative whippiest)

1. Whiplike; thin and pliant.

   The tree's whippy branches grazed his face.

   • 2005, Jonathan Falla, Poor Mercy: A Novel, Birlinn, page 195:

     Two women sat whacking the skins with long whippy sticks, whining a song

2. (Scotland) Active, nimble.