Verb
despite high hopes, the hometown favorites got whopped again
maybe if that television station replaced its obnoxious news anchor, it wouldn't get consistently whopped in the ratings Noun
the doctor gave my knee a little whop with his mallet to test my reflexes
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Noun
Even the helicopters that seem to inevitably whop-whop-whop overhead the moment the conductor picks up a baton.—Adam Nagourney, New York Times, 28 May 2021
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Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English whappen, alteration of wappen to throw violently
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