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whop

/wɒp/ verb

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  1. To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
    He angrily whopped the book onto the table.
  2. To administer corporal punishment to.

noun

  1. A blow or strike.

Origin

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

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