Thesaurus results for WHOMPED

whomped

verb

past tense of whomp

as in whipped

to defeat by a large margin the basketball team was whomped in the last game of the regular season and missed out on the playoffs

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Recent Examples of whomped Last year, the Hoosiers got whomped in the two games against elite opposition (a 38-15 loss at Ohio State and a 27-17 loss at Notre Dame that was 27-3 with less than two minutes left). —

Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025

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Verb

The guy next to me whipped out his phone and zoomed in on the back of the king’s head.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026
Emery had been incessant in wanting shorter, faster balls from his deeper players, with Villa’s best opportunity of the afternoon stemming from brave passing in combination in the first half, coaxing Fulham onto them before John McGinn whipped a ball into the space behind.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026