Australian colonial term meaning to give someone a fair chance or cut them a break.

Probably derived from when the original convict Australians were whipped with a "cat o nine tail" for any old indiscretion whether deserved or not...
Woman: Get out of my bed!
Man: Why?
Woman: Because you are not performing to my expectations softy!
Man: Fair crack of the whip! I'm drunk! ....Mumble mumble... Crazy Sheila.....
by Pertinentsnsuch February 15, 2014
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When you accidentally drop the charging part or, micro usb-b connector for your phone charger, possibly damaging the charger and wire if dropped hard enough.
Bro 1: What happened to your charger?

Bro 2: I cracking the whip so many times on it that it broke.
by lionlionlion April 25, 2020
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The reaction, typically by a white “ally” of people of color, to a minority or person of color who chooses to vote outside of the political alignment they are expected to be loyal to as a member of their race.
Tyrone told some of his white friends that he was voting Republican instead of Democrat. They shared all kinds of racist memes about him, called him racial slurs, absolutely awful stuff. They could not help but cracking the whip on him for what they called “voting wrong.”
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