noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A beating. colloquial

   "What you gonna do ... give me a whupping? You can't whup me no more. You're too old."

2. 2
   A brutal defeat. colloquial

   "We laid a whupping on that team."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of whup form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

beatingsmackdownwhoppingwhopping

Example

More examples

"What you gonna do ... give me a whupping? You can't whup me no more. You're too old."

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