whup

verb

ˈ(h)wu̇p 

whupped; whupping

transitive verb

1

: to administer a beating to especially as punishment

2

: to defeat decisively

Synonyms

• annihilate
• blow away
• bomb
• bury
• clobber
• cream
• drub
• dust
• flatten
• paste
• rout
• shellac
• skin
• skunk
• smoke [slang]
• smother
• snow under
• thrash
• trim
• tromp
• trounce
• wallop
• wax [slang]
• whip
• whomp
• whop
• whap

Example Sentences

The boxer whupped his overmatched opponent.

Our team got whupped in last night's game.

Recent Examples on the Web

As a metro-area duo, though, Johnson and Fisher would whup any bad-owner tag team from any other city. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2021

Real material and social progress is rarely made up out of glorious and dramatic crusades, though we are called to crusade from time to time: Hitler ain’t gonna whup his self. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 14 Sep. 2017

Word History

Etymology

alteration of whip

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1