whap
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Example Sentences
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“Then, whap, he hit a three. Then he came down again and said, ‘They made a mistake putting you on me homes.’
From Washington Times • Dec. 12, 2022
I ask you: Did Woody Wilson or Cal Coolidge ever ask Grantland Rice, for instance, to whap it around with him?
From Golf Digest • Apr. 28, 2020
From behind, there is a noise somewhere between a whap and a thump.
From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2020
That ping you hear when your shot sails in under the crossbar is as satisfying as any whap from a punching bag.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2018
Now the boat was all noise, with wind luffing die sails and the boom slamming back and forth and the sails popping, ropes whipping and clacking, and the halyards slapping against the mast: whap, whap.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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