"whup" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: whups [present, singular, third-person], whupping [participle, present], whupped [participle, past], whupped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} whup (third-person singular simple present whups, present participle whupping, simple past and past participle whupped)
  1. (Southern US or African-American Vernacular, dialect) Alternative form of whoop (“to whip, thrash, or defeat”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, dialectal Alternative form of: whoop (extra: to whip, thrash, or defeat)
    Sense id: en-whup-en-verb-69g0iJF9 Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, Southern US English

Inflected forms

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