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| whup [ wup, wp, hwup, hwp ] (past and past participle whupped, present participle whup·ping, 3rd person present singular whups) |
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1. strike somebody: to beat somebody
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informal
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2. U.S. defeat somebody: to subject an opponent to a crushing defeat
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informal
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3. Southern U.S. whip somebody: to beat somebody with a whip
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| [Late 19th century. Dialect variant of whip] |
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