whomping

verb

present participle of whomp
as in whipping
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 Synonyms for whomping
  1. whipping
  2. overcoming
  3. throwing
  4. beating
  5. burying
  6. thrashing
  7. whopping
  8. bombing
Verb
  • Harrison Ford is whipping back into blockbuster shape, as the 84-year-old is set to return as iconic adventurer Indiana Jones in a new Disney project.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Aug. 2026
  • He’s spent the last week whipping senators to support it and even enlisted former Alabama football coach Nick Saban to dial up undecided lawmakers, according to people familiar with the matter.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of whipping
Verb
  • Despite ongoing hurdles around interconnection queues and grid congestion, the scale of deployment shows developers are overcoming technical and regulatory barriers to support rising electricity demand from data centers and electrification.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Lorne Balfe From overcoming dyslexia with early synths to navigating AI, remote recording, and spatial audio, the blockbuster composer reveals how technology shapes his scores.
    — Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of overcoming
Verb
  • As the chase ensued, police said the suspect began throwing various items out the window.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Tension seemed to boil over for Jackson, as he was suspended for a period or two of practice after throwing a punch in a scuffle with Giants defenders.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of throwing
Verb
  • Earlier polling showed Donalds beating Jolly by 5 points, according to the RealClearPolitics average of two polls that surveyed voters on a hypothetical matchup between the two front-runners.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026
  • At the 2025 French Open, Loïs Boisson rode her wild card all the way to the semifinals, beating two top-10 players along the way.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of beating
Verb
  • The 19-year-old left-hander could not get out of the first inning, burying low Single-A Lake Elsinore early in a 21-2 loss to visiting San José.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Without adequate reinforcement, shifting ground can cause tunnels to collapse suddenly, burying miners within seconds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of burying
Verb
  • Within two weeks, later symptoms may include anxiety, confusion, agitation, hallucinations, being very thirsty but panicked by fluids, having lots of saliva and aggressive behavior like thrashing and biting.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Fatal Influence sprinted out to a lead by isolating their opponents and thrashing them on the outside.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of thrashing
Verb
  • 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
Definition of whopping
Verb
  • For decades, advocates of bombing Iran argued that such an attack might be messy but would ultimately remove the Iranian threat.
    — MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The government has intensified firefighting efforts across Sumatra and Borneo islands, deploying more than 35 aircraft including water-bombing helicopters and patrol airplanes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of bombing
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“Whomping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whomping. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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