Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bull-whack .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To whip with a
bullwhip .
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Examples
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Hundreds of 3M's products, ranging from sandpaper to reflective films for electronic products, are sold through third-party distributors, and inventory reductions can be magnified as they move along the supply chain, known to economists as the "bull-whip effect."
Grim News From DuPont Reflects Economic Worry Doug Cameron 2011
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Companies that sell primarily to other businesses have staged a strong comeback this year thanks to inventory replenishments that create a bull-whip effect: Manufacturers, distributors and retailers all draw down their inventories during recessions as orders slow, but when customer demand picks up, they increase their orders to restock, creating a snap-back effect that's often larger than customer demand.
Industrial Suppliers See Gains Slowing Bob Tita 2010
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Roellie, still outside practicing with the hotel's bull-whip, can be heard occasionally shouting and less often cracking the whip.
Kangaroo Dreaming Steve Himmer 2011
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"We're coming to the end of the bull-whip effect," said Eli Lustgarten, an industrial machinery and equipment analyst at brokerage firm Longbow Research.
Industrial Suppliers See Gains Slowing Bob Tita 2010
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A fist fights and gun battles ensue, followed by car chases, motorcycle chases, airboat chases, lots more shooting, some mild sex, a bull-whip fight with a nice aside, a fight on a plank bridge across a deep gorge in the Guatemalan jungle, and probably more things I've forgotten.
Archive 2009-04-26 Bill Crider 2009
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Another investigator I particularly liked was Monterey Jack, the bull-whip wielding archaeologist, played by saintpookie.
Arkham Horror Sunday chezmax 2007
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He suffered some awful luck near the start which lost him his sanity as well as his bull-whip.
Arkham Horror Sunday chezmax 2007
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I thought she got it from learing how to crack a bull-whip?
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I once got her holding a bull-whip and striking it menacingly toward the screen.
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I once got her holding a bull-whip and striking it menacingly toward the screen.
October 2006 2006
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