Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whop

/wɑp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: whop
IPA: /wɑp/

12

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.

Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To administer corporal punishment to.

Slang; Transitive verb

noun

A blow or strike.

Example Sentences

"He angrily whopped the book onto the table."
"Then I'd wake up an' screech and roar—then off to sleep again—to dream that Spanker had run away with me, or that father was whopping me, or some other plaguey thing, till mornin'."
"A man & a younge maid that loued a long time / were tane in a frenzye ithe Midsommer prime; / the maid shee lay drooping, hye; / the man he lay whopping, hey, the man he lay whopping hoe."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: whappen

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /wɑp/
British English: /wɒp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

whops (present, singular) whopping (participle, present) whopped (participle, past) whopped (past) whap (alternative) whops (plural)

Derived Forms

whopper whopping

Phrases

belly whop

Frequently Paired Words

whap

Synonyms

fling hurl bung cast chuck chunk cook dash dump feck jerk heave

Homonyms

wop (wine–whine merger) wop

Rhymes With

top stop drop shop pop op hop cop check cop gop bass drop cherry on top

Questions

How do you pronounce whop?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɑp/.
What does whop mean?: To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
Where does whop come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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