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whipsaw

Hindi whipsaw का अर्थ हिंदी में
  • शिकार बनाना
  • दो मूठ वाले आरे से काटना
  • दो मूठ वाला आरा
English whipsaw meaning in English  •  whipsaw का अर्थ अंग्रेजी में
Noun
  • A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw.
  • A kind of narrow ripsaw, tapering from butt to point, with hook teeth and averaging from 5 to 71/2 feet in length, used by one or two men.
v. t.
  • To saw with the whipsaw.
  • To defeat in, or cause to lose, two different bets at the same turn or in one play, as a player at faro who has made two bets at the same time, one that a card will lose and another that a different card will win; hence, to defeat in spite of every effort
  • to cause to suffer a setback or losses by subjecting to two forces at the same time or in rapid succession; as, consumers were whipsawed by both inflation and higher sales taxes.
  • to cause to suffer a series of losses in trading when buying and selling at the wrong times in a rapidly fluctuating market; -- especially used when an attempt is made, by selling short, to recover losses from a long purchase in a declining market, and t
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