Synonyms of whups

whups

verb

present tense third-person singular of whup

1

as in whips

to defeat by a large margin

in the summer box office sweepstakes, most of the Hollywood blockbusters got whupped by a small indie movie with no stars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whips
• bombs
• clobbers
• wallops
• buries
• overcomes
• beats
• thrashes
• upsets
• masters
• routs
• drubs
• whaps
• annihilates
• trounces
• whomps
• dusts
• smothers
• flattens
• tromps
• smokes
• throws
• pastes
• skins
• tops
• whops
• blows away
• shellacs
• skunks
• creams
• overwhelms
• waxes
• trims
• conquers
• scores
• snows under
• takes
• dispatches
• surpasses
• sweeps
• succeeds
• eats alive
• exceeds
• licks
• caps
• runs circles around
• destroys
• beats the pants off
• runs rings around
• subdues
• vanquishes
• crushes
• wipes the floor with
• wipes the ground with
• slaughters
• eclipses
• finishes
• bests
• overbears
• overpowers
• knocks over
• outdoes
• surmounts
• subjugates
• betters
• overthrows
• outdistances
• outshines
• hurdles
• overmatches
• upends
• worsts
• overtops
• knocks off
• excels
• outstrips
• transcends
• outfights
• pips
• wins (against)
• breaks
• flourishes
• noses out
• sinks
• triumphs (over)
• prevails (over)
• aces (out)
• does in
• edges (out)

2

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

a boxer whupping a badly outmatched opponent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• slaps
• whips
• beats
• pounds
• hides
• knocks
• spanks
• thumps
• punches
• pummels
• mauls
• slams
• does
• lashes
• hits
• smashes
• attacks
• wallops
• pelts
• assaults
• thrashes
• bashes
• batters
• whaps
• bludgeons
• smacks
• bats
• chops
• drubs
• whacks
• threshes
• flogs
• hammers
• punches out
• tromps
• pommels
• storms
• paddles
• whops
• bastes
• raids
• slogs
• lambastes
• works over
• slates
• lathers
• fibs
• belabors
• switches
• boxes
• wounds
• curries
• swats
• tans
• belts
• thwacks
• swipes
• whams
• buffets
• whales
• clubs
• beats up on
• laces
• clobbers
• lambasts
• birches
• clouts
• whomps
• rushes
• bungs up
• socks
• cracks
• cudgels
• lams
• lacerates
• roughs (up)
• assails
• besets
• messes (up)
• cuffs
• pastes
• straps
• blackjacks
• busts
• horsewhips
• pistol-whips
• scourges
• maims
• mangles
• gores
• lays on
• canes
• leathers
• flagellates
• mutilates
• rawhides
• cowhides
• jumps (on)
• descends (on or upon)
• fustigates
• pounces (on or upon)