whop (v.)

"to beat, strike," mid-15c., of imitative origin. Compare Welsh chwap "a stroke," also of imitative origin; also see wap. Related: Whopped; whopping.

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wap (n.)

"a hit, a blow," late 14c., probably of imitative origin. The verb (late 14c.) originally meant "to throw quickly or with violence," and in slang c. 1560-1730 it meant "to copulate." Related: Wapped; wapping.

whopper (n.)

1767, "uncommonly large thing," originally and especially an audacious lie, formed as if from whop (v.) "to beat, overcome." Whopping "large, big, impressive" is attested by 1620s.

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Definitions of whop

whop (v.)

hit hard;

Synonyms: whack / wham / wallop

whop (v.)

hit hard;

Synonyms: sock / bop / whap / bonk / bash

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