noun
Meaning 1
A blow or strike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
whop
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /wɒp/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ʍɒp/
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General-American: wäp
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General-American: hwäp
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General-American: /wɑp/
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General-American: /ʍɑp/
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rhymes with -ɒp
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homophone: wop (wine–whine merger)
verb
Meaning 2
To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Examples
- He angrily whopped the book onto the table.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, jerk, heave, hield, hoy, huck, hurtle, launch, lob, peck, peg, pick, pitch, precipitate, project, quoit, shy, slight, skew, sling, thrill, throw, toss, traject, warp, whang, whip, whop, wing, yeet
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To administer corporal punishment to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
hit hard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The teacher whacked the boy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sock, bop, whap, bonk, bash, whack, wham, wallop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hit
History
Etymology
From Middle English whappen, a variant of wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse vappa (“to waddle”).