Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whup

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: whup
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of whoop (“to whip, thrash, or defeat”).

Colloquial

noun

Colloquial

intj

Alternative form of whoop (“an exclamation, or representation of a shout or cry, expressing joy or surprise”).

Example Sentences

"We had him stopped the year before, the time we whupped him at Stone's River at the end of Sixty-two: we tarred him out so bad he had to wait."
"Whyn't ya whup her, Ma? […] Go on, give her a whup."
"He might have come after Bart […] because he wanted to whup a nigger?"
"I used to whup you four games out of five. What you gonna do ... give me a whupping? You can't whup me no more. You're too old."
"Whup (hwup). Negro for whip."
"“You jus’ min’ your business, mister,” Ma said fiercely. “You’ll git a whup yourself. Now leggo, Ruthie.”"

Etymology

Variant of whip.

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

whups (present, singular) whupping (participle, present) whupped (participle, past) whupped (past) whups (plural)

Questions

What does whup mean?: Alternative form of whoop (“to whip, thrash, or defeat”).
Where does whup come from?: Variant of whip.

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