whop
Americanverb (used with object)
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whops,
present (3rd person singular)
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whopped,
past participle, past
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whopping
present participle
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to strike forcibly.
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to defeat soundly, as in a contest.
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to put or pull violently; whip.
to whop out a book.
verb (used without object)
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whops,
present (3rd person singular)
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whopped,
past participle, past
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whopping
present participle
noun
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a forcible blow.
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the sound made by it.
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a bump; heavy fall.
verb
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(tr) to strike, beat, or thrash
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(tr) to defeat utterly
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(intr) to drop or fall
noun
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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whopsimple
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whopssimple
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have whoppedperfect
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has whoppedperfect
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am whoppingprogressive
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are whoppingprogressive
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is whoppingprogressive
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have been whoppingperfect progressive
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has been whoppingperfect progressive
Past
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whoppedsimple
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had whoppedperfect
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was whoppingprogressive
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were whoppingprogressive
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had been whoppingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of whop
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, variant of wap
Example Sentences
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See Examples For:
She notes that professional female boxers would whop a man off the street, and that women are keen marksmen.
From Economist ● May 14, 2015
“To whop someone with unprecedented, $1 million sanctions that are going to drive someone out of business over this testimony is … egregious,” said Raynor, who has one child still in college.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 1, 2015
"It's still kind of fun to be able to whop it off the first tee and be part of a great event," Nicklaus said.
From Chicago Tribune ● Apr. 7, 2011
"The rich kids' moms really couldn't deal with the fact that Peek could whop them."
From Time Magazine Archive
It seemed like a staggering whop of money.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
Gallet's "whops" bade fair to change the scientific world's concept of radar and its potential.
From Time Magazine Archive
But as a show it often whops the emotions, as a spectacle often tingles the blood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whop′per, one who whops: anything very large, esp. a monstrous lie.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
It's that thing up in her room,—that pious thing that whops over.
From We Girls: a Home Story by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
The Water Wheele 22ft heigh, wth a Shaft whereon 7 whops, 2 Gudgions and 2 brasses, built about the same tyme, in repaire, valued at 20lb.
From The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account by H. G. (Henry George) Nicholls
“The car whopped like a helicopter” when it was turned on, Michael Powell said to laughter, and when Mr. Powell, a car aficionado, tried to drive it, it would only go in reverse.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
Now, after six months of chemotherapy, Caldwell feels “like somebody whopped me,” she said during a visit to Patel’s clinic in late summer.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
A time warp, yes, but a comforting one, soundtracked by the big-string showtunes whopped out by Shirle, Babs, Adele and Catherine Zeta Jones.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2013
It was the only chance I got to wear the world champion's jersey and I got whopped.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2013
His own recently whopped head throbbed in sympathy, but he had never been happier to have a chaperone who liked mixed martial arts cage matches.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Don’t miss: An active fund holding a whopping 800 stocks is beating major indexes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The lawsuit seeks a whopping $1.4 trillion in damages from the company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
South Korea's SK hynix said Wednesday second-quarter net profit soared a whopping 1,242 percent year-on-year, driven by the artificial intelligence industry's explosive demand for its advanced memory chips.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Ohio-based insurer paid out a whopping 2025 dividend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
And he laughed a big, whopping laugh, which Papa didn’t hardly do.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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