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whup

[ wuhp, hwuhp ]

verb (used with object)

South Midland and Southern U.S.
whupped, whupping.
  1. to whip; beat or defeat decisively:

    The top seed whupped his opponent in three straight sets.



whup

/ wʊp; wʌp /

verb

  1. informal.
    tr to defeat totally; overwhelm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of whup1

1890–95; originally Scots form of whip
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of whup1

C19: variant of whip
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After all those hours of trying to figure out why the most pampered and affluent and free people in history — people up to their ears in cellphones and flat-screen televisions and supercharged pickup trucks — are so angry, it feels good to whup the yokels upside the head, doesn’t it?

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“Their bullpen is very good and they have some good arms down there. If you take these guys lightly, they’ll whup. We kind of saw that a little bit last year.”

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

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“I told her, ‘You can whup me today, you can whup me tomorrow, but I’m going to continue to do it.’”

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He said, ‘Well, you know the Redskins are going to whup Dallas’s butt.’

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