Past tense of bullwhip; struck or controlled with a bullwhip, or exhausted from hard work.
Past tense of 'bullwhip' as a verb, using standard '-ed' ending. The term extends metaphorically to mean thoroughly defeated or driven hard, appearing in literature from the 19th century onward.
Language that starts with one meaning often grows extensions—you can be 'bullwhipped' by hard work even if no actual whip was involved. That's how physical reality becomes metaphorical life experience in language.
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