larruping

[ lar-uh-ping ]

adverb

, Chiefly Western U.S.

1. very; exceedingly:

   That was a larruping good meal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of larruping¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; larrup + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Blame my buttons, if I don't always hate to pronounce that larruping long name Blennerhassett!

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His wits have never come right, and a deal, a deal of larruping it will take to make 'em grow.

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The girl seemed so slight and yet so masterful on these great larruping thoroughbreds she always rode!

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I gave him a glass of my choicest rum, when all he deserved was a larruping.

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She had to go larruping off by herself on Bill's horse Jake, and she hasn't come back yet.

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