whup
/wʌp/
verb
- To defeat someone thoroughly, especially in a competition or fight.
- Our team whupped the rivals in the championship game.
- She whupped her brother at chess three times in a row.
- The old champion whupped every challenger that season.
- To hit or strike someone or something, often as a punishment.
- He jokingly said he'd whup anyone who ate the last cookie.
- In the old days, parents sometimes whupped their children for misbehaving.
- The farmer threatened to whup the dog if it chased the chickens again.
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