whipsaw

n.
A narrow two-person crosscut saw.

tr.v., -sawed, -sawed, or -sawn (-sôn'), -saw·ing, -saws.

1. To cut with a whipsaw.
2. Games. To win two bets from (a person) at one time, as in faro.
3. To cause to move or alternate rapidly in contrasting directions: "The bond market . . . continues to be whipsawed by fears of rekindled inflation" (Steven E. Levingston).
4. To defeat or best in two ways at once.

A condition where a security's price heads in one direction, but then is followed quickly by a movement in the opposite direction. The origins of term is derived from the push and pull action used by lumberjacks to cut wood with a type of saw with the same name.

Investopedia Says:
There are two types of whipsaw patterns. The first involves an upward movement in the share price, which is then followed by a drastic downward move, which causes the share's price to fall relative to its original position. The second type involves the share price to drop for a little while, and then suddenly, the price abruptly surges towards positive gains relative to the stock's original position.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a handsaw intended for use by two people
  Synonym: two-handed saw

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The verb whipsaw has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: victimize, esp. in gambling or negotiations

Meaning #2: saw with a whipsaw

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - brændesav
v. tr. - save

Nederlands (Dutch)
trekzaag, zagen met een trekzaag, iemand op twee manieren de baas zijn

Français (French)
n. - scie à ruban
v. tr. - scier avec une scie à ruban, (Jeux) gagner deux fois en même temps

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bundsäge
v. - mit der Bundsäge sägen, gemeinsam mit einem Partner betrügen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κουραστάρι (πριόνι)
v. - παίζω σε δύο ταμπλό, εκμεταλλεύομαι και τις δύο πλευρές

Italiano (Italian)
segone, segare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - serra braçal (f)
v. - serrar, levar vantagem

Русский (Russian)
лучковая пила, пилить лучковой пилой, двигаться туда и обратно, дважды обставить (кого-л.), получить двойную выгоду, получить взятку от обеих конфликтующих сторон

Español (Spanish)
n. - sierra abrazadera, arma de dos filos
v. tr. - aserrar, pelar, hacer perder

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lövsåg
v. - såga med lövsåg

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
狭边钩齿粗木锯, 双重不利的事物, 用粗木锯锯, 使受双重损失

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 狹邊鉤齒粗木鋸, 雙重不利的事物
v. tr. - 用粗木鋸鋸, 使受雙重損失

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 틀에 끼운 긴 톱
v. tr. - ~로 자르다, 쉽게 이기다, 심하게 때리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 細身の長のこ, 横びきのこ
v. - 両面から勝つ, 揺らぐ, 結託して勝つ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المنشار السوطي أي منشار طويل ضيق الشفرة يكتنف طرفيه إطار (فعل) ينشر بمنشار سوطي, يوقعه في خسارة مزدوجه, يهزمه هزيمه مزدوجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסור נגרים‬
v. tr. - ‮ניסר במסור נגרים, רימה (עגה, ארה"ב)‬

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