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verb
Whop, Whap  v. t.  (past & past part. whapped; pres. part. whapping)  To beat or strike.


Whop  v. t.  Same as Whap.


Whop, Whap  v. i.  To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over. Note: This word is used adverbially in the north of England, as in the United States, when anything vanishes, or is gone suddenly; as, whap went the cigar out of my mouth.


noun
Whop, Whap  n.  A blow, or quick, smart stroke.


Whop  n.  Same as Whap.





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"Whop" Quotes from Famous Books



... off the trail sideways, a-plungin' and a-clawin' through the brush like a wild man. By this time I was clean crazed; thought the whole country was full of bald-faces. Next thing I knows—whop, I comes up against something in a tangle of wild blackberry bushes. Then that something hits me a slap and closes in on me. Another bald-face! And then and there I knew I was gone for sure. But I made up to die game, and of all the rampin' and roarin' and rippin' and ...
— Dutch Courage and Other Stories • Jack London
... world.... They were sailing on the Milky Way.... Only the gurgle of the water at the bows, the whush of the wake beneath the counter, held them as by a thin umbilical cord to the world of men.... The whap-whap-whap of the cordage.... The ting-ting-ting of the helmsman's bell.... The cry for'a'd: "The lights ...
— The Wind Bloweth • Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
... told him that it seemed to him he was right, and had solved a mystery, for it stood to reason that there wa'n't no other fish but an ale-whop, that they could feed five thousand folks out of seven little ones and then take up twelve ...
— Cape Cod Folks • Sarah P. McLean Greene
... I can gouge the eye out of ary man that says Eph Yeates carn't stand up fair and square and whop his weight in wildcats; and I can do it now, if not sooner!" he shrilled. "Come ...
— The Master of Appleby • Francis Lynde
... lot of things it's wrong to do," said Davy with a sigh. "I never s'posed there was so many. I'm sorry it's wrong to tell whop . . . falsehoods, 'cause it's awful handy, but since it is I'm never going to tell any more. What are you going to do to me for telling them this time? I want to know." Anne looked ...
— Anne Of Avonlea • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... afterwards, but saw Sarah the washerwoman and ex-harlot, and gave her five shillings for a chat about the two girls. Esther had gone off with a gent, Matilda had married the potman, who had taken to drink, and used to "whop her." And that is the end of my ...
— My Secret Life, Volumes I. to III. - 1888 Edition • Anonymous


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