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whup

(wŭp, hwŭp, wo͝op, hwo͝op)

v. Chiefly Southern US

Variant of whip.

[Scots, variant of whip.]

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whup

(wʌp; wʊp)

vb, whups, whupping or whupped

(tr) chiefly informal US to defeat totally; overwhelm

[C19: variant of whip]

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whup

(ʰwʌp, wʌp)

v.t. whupped, whup•ping.

Southern U.S. to defeat decisively; whip: He whupped his opponent in three straight sets.

[1890–95; orig. Scots form of whip]

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The yard was full of life now: Marty was letting the screaming geese through the gate, and wickedly provoking the gander by hissing at him; the granary-door was groaning on its hinges as Alick shut it, after dealing out the corn; the horses were being led out to watering, amidst much barking of all the three dogs and many "whups" from Tim the ploughman, as if the heavy animals who held down their meek, intelligent heads, and lifted their shaggy feet so deliberately, were likely to rush wildly in every direction but the right.

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"We play every Sunday, and she whups me every time," she said, laughing before saying to Korns, "Oh I love it!