whap
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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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
Voices, dogs barking, the whap of a helicopter overhead.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Have you ever been whapped really hard in the head with a thickly stuffed pillow?
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2015
"All man," agrees Rider Eddie Maple, who has tapped Devil's Bag on the shoulder but never whapped him on the rump.
From Time Magazine Archive
The way he pounced on a bunt; the way he threw to the base; the way runners piled up on his shinguard as he whapped them one across the beam.
From Time Magazine Archive
A low-lying branch almost caught Shanti in the nose, but her reflexes had been honed through years of synchronized Tae Kwon Do, and she whapped it away at the last moment.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
I whapped myself on the back of the head.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
If she’s happy, and she’s not whapping anyone as she flaps, let her enjoy it to her heart’s content.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2019
The opening program, last month, was a shocker; lulled by Beethoven's Second Symphony, the audience was suddenly jolted by the whapping of wood blocks and the toneless horn-blowing of Yannis Xenakis' Pithoprakta.
From Time Magazine Archive
I took off after him, my helmet whapping against the roof in a painful staccato.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
She’s on her feet, but a bush is whapping back and forth like she just tripped over it.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
He tries the doorknob and I watch it jiggle, feeling my heart whapping against my ribs.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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