verbWord forms: whups, whupping or whupped(transitive) mainly US informal
1.
to beat soundly, as with a whip
2.
to defeat totally; overwhelm
Word origin
C19: variant of whip
whup in American English
(hwʌp, wʌp)
transitive verbWord forms: whupped, whupping
(in South Midland and Southern US)
to whip; beat or defeat decisively
The top seed whupped his opponent in three straight sets
Word origin
[1890–95; orig. Scots form of whip]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blip, honky-tonk, phoneme, plein-air, pogey
Examples of 'whup' in a sentence
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When the 12-year-old's bicycle is stolen, he vows to 'whup' the thief.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I got there and it was whup, whup, whup.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Reporting the theft, he told a local police officer he intended to track the thief down and 'whup' him.