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whop

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/wɒp/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hwop, wop)

Inflections of 'whop' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

whops: v 3rd person singular

whopping: v pres p

whopped: v past

whopped: v past p

whop (hwop, wop),USA pronunciation v., whopped, whop•ping, n. [Informal.]
v.t.

to strike forcibly.
to defeat soundly, as in a contest.
to put or pull violently;
whip:to whop out a book.

v.i.

to plump suddenly down;
flop.

a forcible blow.
the sound made by it.
a bump;
heavy fall.

Also, whap, wap.

Middle English, variant of wap 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

whop, wop, (less commonly) whap /wɒp/ informal vb (whops, whopping, whopped)

(transitive) to strike, beat, or thrash
(transitive) to defeat utterly
(intransitive) to drop or fall

a heavy blow or the sound made by such a blow

Etymology: 14th Century: variant of wap, perhaps of imitative origin

'whop' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

whap - whopper - wop - wap - whopping

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