whup
to whip; beat or defeat decisively: The top seed whupped his opponent in three straight sets.
Origin of whup
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How to use whup in a sentence
I'm ergwine to fling de whup und pull de ribbuns myself, und ole Semo de secesh jess got to git outen de grate house.
The Broken Sword | Dennison WorthingtonBy some the vowel of whup is sounded like oo in book (Mr. Fox writes “whoop,” which, I presume, he intends for that sound).
Our Southern Highlanders | Horace KephartBetter fur you ef somebody made you feel de quickenin' buggy-whup.
Sundry Accounts | Irvin S. CobbBut dey won't say it ter me ag'in, not whiles I got dis whup in my han'!
Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales | Ruth McEnery StuartHe told de marster when he come home, marster said, 'Did you 'low dem women to whup you?'
British Dictionary definitions for whup
/ (wʌp, wʊp) /
(tr) mainly US informal to defeat totally; overwhelm
Origin of whup
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