Synonyms

whup

American

[hwuhp, wuhp] / ʰwʌp, wʌp /

verb (used with object)

South Midland and Southern U.S.

whupped, whupping

to whip; beat or defeat decisively.

The top seed whupped his opponent in three straight sets.

whup British

/ wʊp, wʌp /

verb

informal (tr) to defeat totally; overwhelm

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Etymology

Origin of whup

1890–95; originally Scots form of whip

Example Sentences

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"They pitched a heck of a game. I think it was mandatory to want to go out and whup them."

From Fox News • Aug. 26, 2021

Several years after Sam “Bam” Cunningham helped an integrated USC football team whup an all-white Alabama team in 1970, Cunningham traveled to Montgomery, Ala., for a golf tournament.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2016

“If you think the world was surprised when Nixon resigned, wait till I whup Foreman’s behind,” he told David Frost.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2016

First I am going to reclaim your tiny island for my press-ups, and then I'm going to whup your asses at a sport immortalised by the pranksters of St Trinians.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2012

She was a southpaw for whupping, and she had arthritis in that elbow, so while she could still whup, it didn’t make much of an impression.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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