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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 food pantry at Stepping Stones of Dunn County used the program to provide about 50,000 pounds of food to its clients, said food pantry manager Angie Wolf, including apples, lettuce, corn, radishes, beets and fresh beef and pork.
    — Madeline Heim, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Space heating and cooling account for 44%; refrigerators use about 700 pounds of CO2 / year.
    — Rob Lewallen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Definition of pound
Verb
  • Meister can often immediately identify on an MRI that a pitcher throws a sweeper—a hard slider that the pitcher whips to get about fifteen inches of horizontal movement from the ball.
    — Lindsey Adler, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
  • The moment, which made the episode’s final cut, occurs when Drummond whips Mark S. around and pushes him into a wall.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of whip
Verb
  • Marchand has crossed lines by licking players, or repeatedly punching a hockey pacifist like Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin in a final series.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis are licking their chops.
    — Jeffrey Gedmin, National Review, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of lick
Noun
  • The full moon on the same day shines a light on your finances, but instead of stressing over what gets revealed, use this lunar clarity to bring some balance to whatever feels out of whack in your bank account.
    — Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Your circadian rhythm — the cycle that regulates sleep, hormone release and temperature — might be out of whack.
    — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of whack
Verb
  • Play defense straight up and Bueckers will bury them.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The structure is made of opus reticulatum—bricks laid in a diamond pattern—and contains a volcanic rock called tuff: details suggesting high status individuals were buried here, as Artnet News’ Richard Whiddington reports.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Definition of bury
Verb
  • Because the kitchen is visible from the living and dining areas, Allison downplayed the utilitarian stuff, tucking the stainless-steel refrigerator behind a wall and hiding the range behind the island.
    — Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The shooter behind the 2023 Nashville elementary school attack that killed six people, including three children, had been obsessively planning it for years while hiding mental health issues from family and doctors, a police report released Wednesday reveals.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of hide
Noun
  • Rami Sinno is crouched beside a filing cabinet, wrestling a beach-ball sized disc out of a box, when a dull thump echoes around his laboratory.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Then the silence was broken by the loud thump of Olive’s .38/40.
    — Horace R. Hinkley, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of thump
Verb
  • The posture shift came as Trump threatened to bomb Iran if the country does not strike a deal over its nuclear weapons capabilities.
    — Davis Winkie, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Khamenei had warned the U.S. would face strong retaliation if Trump followed through on his threat to bomb Iran.
    — Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of bomb

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“Whop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whop. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

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