whop

verb \ ˈhwäp , ˈwäp \

variants: or whap

Definition of whop

whopped or whapped; whopping or whapping

transitive verb

1 :to pull or whip out

2 a :beat, strike

b :to defeat totally

Examples of whop in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of whop from the Web

Market research firm NPD Group also found that U.S. sales of basketball products, for example, declined by a whopping 23.6 percent between 2016 and 2017, after dropping 18 percent the previous year.

— aaron gregg, chicagotribune.com, "Under Armour ﬂexes pivot foot as market evolves," 7 Aug. 2017
Bama received 225 first-place votes to win the SEC Western Division, a whopping 92.6 percent from the media brain trust that assembled this week in suburban Birmingham, Ala.

— tod palmer, kansascity, "SEC media poll: Alabama picked to win again, Mizzou pegged last in division," 14 July 2017
For example, Kentucky stands to see its uninsured rate rise by a whopping 231 percent under the Senate measure.

— paige winfield cunningham, Washington Post, "The Health 202: There are four kinds of GOP rabble rousers on health care," 11 July 2017
Even today, the Mac version of the Winamp installer is only 4.2MB; by comparison, the iTunes Mac installer comes in at a whopping 170MB.

— cyrus farivar, Ars Technica, "Winamp’s woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself," 3 July 2017
Because almost every product on the site is a whopping 25% off, a pretty huge deal for any cosmetics company, especially one as popular and beloved as Too Faced.

— kara nesvig, Teen Vogue, "Too Faced Announces Summer 2017 Flash Sale," 28 June 2017
Panning back further to 1990, the number grew by a whopping 265 percent.

— emily udell, Indianapolis Star, "Have bike, will party: Good times roll at monthly Indy Facebook event," 24 June 2017
If over 1.4 million saves (along with a whopping 796 percent rise in searches) so far this year have any say, the claim clearly holds water.

— lindsay schallon, Glamour, "Essie Topless & Barefoot Is Most Popular Nail Polish on Pinterest—and Perfect for Wedding Season," 23 June 2017
Snap’s executives will have more to chat about with marketers at Cannes this year than that whopping ferris wheel.

— lara o’reilly, WSJ, "CMO Today: YouTube Advertisers Split; Vice’s Funding Haul; ‘Fearless Girl’ Notches Wins," 20 June 2017

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