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whop

Also whap

[hwop, wop]

verb (used with object)

whopped, whopping 
  1. to strike forcibly.

  2. to defeat soundly, as in a contest.

  3. to put or pull violently; whip.

    to whop out a book.



verb (used without object)

whopped, whopping 
  1. to plump suddenly down; flop.

noun

  1. a forcible blow.

  2. the sound made by it.

  3. a bump; heavy fall.

whop

/ ɒ /

verb

  1. (tr) to strike, beat, or thrash

  2. (tr) to defeat utterly

  3. (intr) to drop or fall

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a heavy blow or the sound made by such a blow

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of whop1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, variant of wap
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of whop1

C14: variant of wap, perhaps of imitative origin
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Yes a whopping majority, but just 34% of the vote last summer, and they have gone a long way backwards since.

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Another one-club man Goode, 37, recently played his 400th game for Saracens, for whom he has won a whopping six Premiership titles and played in nine finals.

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At Harvard, for example, international students make up a whopping 27% of total enrollment.

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Seventeen, which boast a whopping 13 members, have had a remarkable 12 months, including making history as the first K-pop act on Glastonbury's main stage last summer.

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Russia controls a whopping half of the Arctic shoreline - and it's been hoovering up Chinese investments.

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