Thesaurus results for WHAPPING

whopping

verb

variants or whapping

present participle of whop

as in overcoming

to defeat by a large margin 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

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as in licking

to strike repeatedly he called me a name and I whopped him good

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Recent Examples of whopping The new song comes in tandem with the announcement of Odyssey‘s whopping 19-song tracklist, which includes collaborations like Kid Cudi, Zeds Dead and Bring Me the Horizon. —

Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for whopping

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One lawmaker Lackey’s unofficial bill title wasn’t lost upon was Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Jefferson Park, a lawmaker who has spoken publicly about overcoming systemic barriers in his own life as a Black man and has centered his political career largely on criminal justice reform.

— Andrew Graham May 28, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026
That’s because the Phillies (29-27) stand as a serious threat in the wild-card races, and overcoming the Dodgers in the West race just isn’t realistic.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026