Synonyms of whup

whup

verb

ˈ(h)wu̇p 

1

as in to whip

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

• whip
• overcome
• beat
• bomb
• trounce
• bury
• throw
• clobber
• rout
• upset
• whap
• flatten
• whomp
• whop
• annihilate
• master
• thrash
• cream
• wallop
• dust
• smother
• drub
• blow away
• paste
• smoke
• take
• trim
• skin
• tromp
• top
• overwhelm
• snow under
• conquer
• wax
• sweep
• lick
• surpass
• skunk
• beat the pants off
• run circles around
• exceed
• subdue
• destroy
• run rings around
• succeed
• eat alive
• better
• wipe the floor with
• vanquish
• surmount
• score
• dispatch
• worst
• crush
• shellac
• best
• wipe the ground with
• cap
• subjugate
• win (against)
• outfight
• overpower
• overthrow
• slaughter
• outdo
• triumph (over)
• overbear
• knock over
• upend
• overmatch
• hurdle
• finish
• prevail (over)
• outshine
• outdistance
• outstrip
• transcend
• knock off
• excel
• ace (out)
• eclipse
• edge (out)
• overtop
• flourish
• break
• sink
• pip
• nose out
• do in

2

as in to lick

to strike repeatedly

a boxer whupping a badly outmatched opponent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lick
• whip
• pound
• spank
• beat
• hide
• slap
• knock
• lash
• punch
• thump
• do
• hit
• pelt
• bat
• batter
• pummel
• smash
• slam
• maul
• attack
• smack
• whop
• bludgeon
• assault
• chop
• whap
• drub
• paddle
• flog
• hammer
• bash
• thrash
• wallop
• punch out
• whack
• lambast
• rough (up)
• work over
• tromp
• tan
• box
• slate
• club
• lather
• raid
• curry
• lambaste
• belabor
• baste
• thresh
• belt
• pommel
• swat
• switch
• beat up on
• fib
• whale
• wound
• slog
• storm
• buffet
• mess (up)
• crack
• whomp
• swipe
• birch
• lace
• bung up
• clobber
• thwack
• cudgel
• clout
• descend (on or upon)
• strap
• jump (on)
• cane
• bust
• wham
• assail
• sock
• horsewhip
• paste
• rush
• lay on
• lam
• beset
• pounce (on or upon)
• cuff
• leather
• flagellate
• pistol-whip
• scourge
• lacerate
• maim
• blackjack
• mutilate
• rawhide
• mangle
• gore
• cowhide
• fustigate

Examples of whup in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Realize can’t nobody whup you. —Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2020

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