Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whupping

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: whup-ping
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of whup

noun

Colloquial

noun

A brutal defeat.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"What you gonna do ... give me a whupping? You can't whup me no more. You're too old."
"We laid a whupping on that team."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

whuppings (plural)

Questions

What does whupping mean?: present participle and gerund of whup

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