Definitions
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- verb US, dialect To
whip ,thrash , ordefeat .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The whup was his, and his swoord never did fairer wark! 'she said.
Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864
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It says he has no more power than Congress does and isn't allowed to "whup" them.
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Everyone now knows that Bush came into office with a vendetta itch to "whup" Saddam Hussein and looking for any excuse to do it.
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I'se stod in our do'er en 'yeard de hahd licks, en screams ob de ones dat wuz bein' whup'd, en I'd tell mah Missis, "Listen ter dat!"
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Work Projects Administration
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When illness had the audacity to attack a Drumtochty man, it was described as a "whup," and was treated by the men with a fine negligence.
A Doctor of the Old School — Complete Ian Maclaren 1878
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Mrs. Macfayden also pretended to recall a "whup" of some kind or other he had in the fifties, but this was considered to be rather a pyrotechnic display of
A Doctor of the Old School — Complete Ian Maclaren 1878
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Mrs. Macfadyen also pretended to recall a "whup" of some kind or other he had in the fifties, but this was considered to be rather a pyrotechnic display of Elspeth's superior memory than a serious statement of fact.
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Ian Maclaren 1878
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When illness had the audacity to attack a Drumtochty man, it was described as a "whup," and was treated by the men with a fine negligence.
A Doctor of the Old School — Volume 1 Ian Maclaren 1878
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When illness had the audacity to attack a Drumtochty man, it was described as a "whup," and was treated by the men with a fine negligence.
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Ian Maclaren 1878
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When illness had the audacity to attack a Drumtochty man, it was described as a "whup," and was treated by the men with a fine negligence.
Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878
uselessness commented on the word whup
To beat violently.
August 1, 2007
mollusque commented on the word whup
Always be at the top of the heap. If you can't whup um with your fists, keek um. If you can't keek um, butt um. If you can't butt um, bite um and if you can't bite um, then gum the mothafukas to death.
--Ishmael Reed, 1999, The Free-Lance Pallbearers
November 10, 2007