Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To strike with a heavy blow.
- transitive verb To defeat soundly; thrash.
- noun A heavy blow; a sharp thud.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A heavy blow.
- To beat; strike; whip.
- To vanish suddenly.
- To plump suddenly down, as on the ground; flop; turn suddenly: as, she whopped down on the floor; the fish whopped over.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Same as
whap . - noun Same as
whap .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, informal To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an
impact . - noun A
blow orstrike .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb hit hard
- verb hit hard
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Terribly bullied by the Americans were the boatmen and muleteers, who were reviled, shot, and stabbed by these free and independent filibusters, who would fain whop all creation abroad as they do their slaves at home.
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Where he was going and how he was to earn his living he did not know; but on one subject he was quite resolved, he would not go back till he was too big and strong for father to "whop" him.
Our Frank and other stories Amy Walton 1873
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But as the school broke up, and Tom Green was seen loitering on the other side of the road, every thing was forgotten in the general desire to see Jan carry out his threat, and "whop" a boy bigger than himself for bullying a little girl.
Jan of the Windmill Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
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The appearance of food had a very encouraging effect, for forthwith there was a general rush towards Watchorn, and it was only by rating and swinging his 'whop' about that he prevented the pack from pawing, and perhaps downing him.
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833
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It's possible he has some facial hair and goes by the street name "whop".
News for WSAV 2010
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At that range you could hear the whop behind the impact of the bullet.
Is there a big difference between a .300 win mag and a .308 for deer and elk hunting? 2010
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At that range you could hear the whop behind the impact of the bullet.
Is there a big difference between a .300 win mag and a .308 for deer and elk hunting? 2010
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Devil Dogs will shrink to the size of petits fours, Big Macs to the size of sliders, Cherry Garcia will be replaced by Sergio Cherry Garcia, the Whopper will lose its ability to whop.
That's Entertainment—Somewhere Else Joe Queenan 2011
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At that range you could hear the whop behind the impact of the bullet.
Is there a big difference between a .300 win mag and a .308 for deer and elk hunting? 2010
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At that range you could hear the whop behind the impact of the bullet.
Is there a big difference between a .300 win mag and a .308 for deer and elk hunting? 2010
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