whop
Americanverb (used with object)
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to strike forcibly.
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to defeat soundly, as in a contest.
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to put or pull violently; whip.
to whop out a book.
verb (used without object)
noun
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a forcible blow.
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the sound made by it.
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a bump; heavy fall.
verb
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(tr) to strike, beat, or thrash
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(tr) to defeat utterly
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(intr) to drop or fall
noun
Etymology
Origin of whop
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, variant of wap
Example Sentences
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Newcastle have let in a whopping 23 goals since they kept their most recent clean sheet in a 3-0 win against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League last month.
From BBC
Last year, they represented a “whopping” 2% of America’s GDP — and in terms of inflows, no other country in the G-10 has come close to attracting as much.
From MarketWatch
Even though Hill will cost $28 million in dead money, his release actually saves the team $23 million because he was due to represent a whopping $51 million cap hit next season.
An investor owning the fifth of the index with the lowest ROE would have made 14 times their money; one owning the fifth of stocks scoring highest would have made a whopping 85 times.
Just two seasons ago at Minnesota, Murphy racked up a whopping 118 penalty minutes—or nearly two full games.
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