Whop

//wɒp// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A blow or strike.
Verb
  1. 1
    To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact. informal, transitive

    "He angrily whopped the book onto the table."

  2. 2
    hit hard wordnet
  3. 3
    To administer corporal punishment to. slang, transitive
  4. 4
    strike hard wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English whappen, a variant of wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse vappa (“to waddle”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English whappen, a variant of wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse vappa (“to waddle”).

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