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noun

variants also whap
Definition of whopnext
as in pound
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument the doctor gave my knee a little whop with his mallet to test my reflexes

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whop

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verb

ˈ(h)wäp How to pronounce whop (audio)
variants or whap
1
as in to whip
to defeat by a large margin despite high hopes, the hometown favorites got whopped again maybe if that television station replaced its obnoxious news anchor, it wouldn't get consistently whopped in the ratings

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2
as in to lick
to strike repeatedly he called me a name and I whopped him good

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Recent Examples of whop
Noun
Even the helicopters that seem to inevitably whop-whop-whop overhead the moment the conductor picks up a baton. — Adam Nagourney, New York Times, 28 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whop
  1. pound
  2. whip
  3. lick
  4. whack
  5. bury
  6. hide
  7. thump
  8. bomb
Noun
  • The strikingly white gobbler weighed 17 pounds and had a black 9-inch beard.
    — Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Sampson was about 6-foot-2 and about 380 pounds, a lawsuit filed by his family said.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of pound
Verb
  • The moment was so precious that Reed whipped out her phone to take a quick video and later shared it on TikTok.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Blizzards expected in Northern Plains Forecasters warned that heavy snow whipped by powerful winds are likely to make travel treacherous in parts of the Rockies and Northern Plains.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of whip
Verb
  • Being licked by the cows and licking them back is a daily occurrence for her.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Evy was holding an ice cream cone and lowered it so Kinley could lick it.
    — Jordan Greene, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of lick
Noun
  • The delicate balance gets thrown out of whack when Mark’s inner and outer lives draw closer together through a series of mysterious events.
    — Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • His skills were out of whack, probably due to an oblique injury and a hit-by-pitch on his throwing elbow.
    — Gene McCaffrey, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of whack
Verb
  • Gaza’s health ministry said the toll was likely to rise with many people buried under rubble.
    — Abeer Salman, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Scattered across a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern Japan, buried under rocks, or deep within the region’s humid soil, researchers discovered seven new species with segmented bodies and dozens of slender legs.
    — Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of bury
Verb
  • The ancient springhead, natural waterpark, and retro roadside attraction has more than a few secrets hidden in its eelgrass.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
  • That event presented an opportunity that was too good to pass up: the chance to explore the seafloor below the iceberg’s original location—like overturning a rock or log in the woods to see what creatures lie hidden underneath.
    — Ashley Balzer Vigil, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of hide
Noun
  • But there’s thump, there’s just an understanding of situations, ability to use the whole field.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Alonso slots back into the Mets lineup and fits perfectly behind new teammate Juan Soto, providing exactly the kind of right-handed thump the Mets were lacking.
    — Tim Britton, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Definition of thump
Verb
  • Israel bombed Gaza in what was one of the deadliest single days since the war began.
    — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The movie bombed at the box office, grossing less than $40 million domestically.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of bomb

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“Whop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whop. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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