Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective colloq. Very large; monstrous; astonishing.

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  • verb Present participle of whap.

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Examples

  • Heck, there was even a mini-fight, with reserve receiver Duke Calhoun flinging off reserve corner Michael Coe's helmet and whapping him on the head with it.

    Coughlin Says It's Time For Giants to Step Up Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011

  • And if whapping the lid doesn't get it off, there's always the "church key under the edge" trick. stryker213

    Open Stuck Jars With Rubber Bands | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Turn them around a few times and set them loose, whapping with the spoon till they find the pot.

    They Say It’s Her Birthday | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • She lifted her hand, then brought it down hard, palm open, whapping him against the ear—boxing him, she thought, that was probably the proper term for what she was doing.

    Fly Away Home Jennifer Weiner 2010

  • Of course I shall say it much more rudely and possibly while whapping him soundly around the head with a giant cod, caught off the coast of Ireland by a Welsh skiff.

    Only The English are British Newmania 2008

  • “And the side effects still ruin any quality of life,” he would say, following Claire around the kitchen with the latest Clinical Oncology journal rolled up in his hand, whapping it on the counter to make his point.

    Healer Carol Wiley Cassella 2010

  • Frida walks in from the waiting room, the swinging gate whapping against the wall with her determined stride.

    Healer Carol Wiley Cassella 2010

  • From the backyard, I could hear a thick, whapping sound, like a hard object striking a canvas or plastic cover.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • From the backyard, I could hear a thick, whapping sound, like a hard object striking a canvas or plastic cover.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • I heard the whapping sound from the backyard again.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

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