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whap

[whop, wop, hwap, wap] verb (used with object), verb (used without object), whapped, whap⋅ping, noun

whop

[hwop, wop] verb, whopped, whop⋅ping, noun Informal.
–verb (used with object)
1. to strike forcibly.
2. to defeat soundly, as in a contest.
3. to put or pull violently; whip: to whop out a book.
–verb (used without object)
4. to plump suddenly down; flop.
–noun
5. a forcible blow.
6. the sound made by it.
7. a bump; heavy fall.
Also, whap, wap.


Origin:
1350–1400; ME, var. of wap
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Word Origin & History

whop 
"to beat, strike," c.1440, of imitative origin; cf. Welsh chwap "a stroke," also of imitative origin; cf. also wap.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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