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单词 whoop-ass
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whoop-assn.

Brit. /ˈwʊpˌas/, U.S. /ˈwʊpˌæs/
Forms: 1900s– whip-ass, 1900s– whoop-ass, 1900s– whup-ass.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to whip (a person's) ass at ass n.2 Phrases 10a.
Etymology: < to whip (a person's) ass at ass n.2 Phrases 10a (compare forms at whip v.).
slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).
The action or process of assaulting someone; (the delivery of) a sound beating or thrashing, or an overwhelming defeat. Often figurative.Earliest as a modifier.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [noun]
fallOE
confusionc1290
discomfiturea1400
castc1400
overthrowc1440
confoundinga1450
jeofail1546
prostitution1567
lurch1584
worsting1607
unhorsing1608
supplantation1617
defeat1676
overset1789
punishment1811
overthrowal1862
beating1883
unhorsement1884
whoop-ass1974
society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > action of attacking
assailing1340
offencec1395
overrunning?a1425
saulting1490
oppugnation1524
oppugning1535
offension1542
affronture1549
grassation1610
aggression1630
attacking1657
strafing1915
whoop-ass1974
1974 G. V. Higgins Cogan's Trade iv. 50 He makes this whip-ass flying jump at me and knocks me on my ass.
1998 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 6 Nov. These guys [sc. a country-rock band] say they're the ‘masters of truckabilly, roots rawk & whup ass.’
2005 D. Simon Wire (HBO TV script) 4th Ser. Episode 1. 35 Give 'em a whupass they ain't gonna forget.
2020 @Vicki34F 24 July in twitter.com (accessed 29 July 2020) Cuomo just served up some whoopass.

Phrases

to open a can of whoop-ass and variants: to assault someone; to deliver a sound beating or thrashing; (figurative) to humiliate or defeat a person thoroughly.Often used as a threat or warning that a (literal or figurative) beating is about to be delivered.
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1983 J. Gayton Uncommon Valor (film script, rev. 3rd draft) (O.E.D. Archive) 45 Sailor Man, you just bought the whole can of whip-ass.
1990 Deadly Texan (Austin, Texas) 1 Apr. 1/4 [They were] informed that any further attempt to contact Lemmy would result in him ‘opening a can of whup-ass bigger than UT itself.’
1998 Newsweek 23 Nov. 62/3 He threatened to open a can of whoop-ass on his [wrestling] rivals, to serve them a cup of shut-the-hell-up.
2020 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 26 May In Kentucky, Tea Party Republican, Rand Paul, opened a can of whoop-ass on Republican party favorite, Trey Grayson.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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