"whop" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɒp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʍɒp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɑp/ [General-American], /ʍɑp/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-whop.ogg [Australia] Forms: whops [plural]
enPR: wäp Rhymes: -ɒp Etymology: From Middle English whappen, a variant of wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse vappa (“to waddle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whappen}} Middle English whappen, {{m|enm|wappen||to strike; fling; shoot; stun}} wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), {{cog|non|vappa||to waddle}} Old Norse vappa (“to waddle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} whop (plural whops)
  1. A blow or strike. Derived forms: belly whop Related terms: whap
    Sense id: en-whop-en-noun-HRyC7TRU

Verb

IPA: /wɒp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʍɒp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɑp/ [General-American], /ʍɑp/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-whop.ogg [Australia] Forms: whops [present, singular, third-person], whopping [participle, present], whopped [participle, past], whopped [past]
enPR: wäp Rhymes: -ɒp Etymology: From Middle English whappen, a variant of wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse vappa (“to waddle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whappen}} Middle English whappen, {{m|enm|wappen||to strike; fling; shoot; stun}} wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), {{cog|non|vappa||to waddle}} Old Norse vappa (“to waddle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} whop (third-person singular simple present whops, present participle whopping, simple past and past participle whopped)
  1. (transitive, informal) To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-whop-en-verb-OGoVdZN5
  2. (transitive, slang) To administer corporal punishment to. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-whop-en-verb-SsbDpjM- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 4 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whap [dialectal] Derived forms: whopper, whopping [adjective, noun]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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