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whop

UK/wɒp/ US/ʍɒp/ uncommon informal slang

verb

1.

hit hard

  • “The teacher whacked the boy”
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Origin

From Middle English whappen, a variant of wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse vappa (“to waddle”).

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