1. to cut with a whipsaw (a narrow saw operated by two people)
Usage: technical
2. to attack or defeat from two opposite directions or sides
Usage: figurative
3. to cause losses to investors by volatile price movements in both directions
Usage: finance

1. the action of cutting with a whipsaw or attacking from opposite sides

Examples

• The carpenters were whipsawing the large timber into planks.
• The enemy forces were whipsawing our troops from both flanks.
• Day traders got caught whipsawing in the volatile market.
• The stock’s whipsawing motion cost many investors their profits.
• Political opponents were whipsawing the candidate on multiple issues.
• The whipsawing of lumber was hard, physical work.