whup
verb/wʌp/
/wʌp/
(informal, especially US English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they whup | /wʌp/ /wʌp/ |
| he / she / it whups | /wʌps/ /wʌps/ |
| past simple whupped | /wʌpt/ /wʌpt/ |
| past participle whupped | /wʌpt/ /wʌpt/ |
| -ing form whupping | /ˈwʌpɪŋ/ /ˈwʌpɪŋ/ |
- whup somebody/something to defeat somebody easily in a game, a fight, an election, etc.Word Originlate 19th cent.: variant of whip.
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