whap
[whop, wop, hwap, wap] verb (used with object), verb (used without object), whapped, whap·ping, noun whop.
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| —vb, —n , whaps, whapping, whapped | |
| a less common spelling of whop | |
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Whap
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So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| whop, informal (less commonly) wop or informal (less commonly) whap (wɒp) | |
| —vb , whops, whopping, whopped | |
| 1. | (tr) to strike, beat, or thrash |
| 2. | (tr) to defeat utterly |
| 3. | (intr) to drop or fall |
| —n | |
| 4. | a heavy blow or the sound made by such a blow |
| [C14: variant of wap, perhaps of imitative origin] | |
| wop, informal (less commonly) wop or informal (less commonly) whap | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [C14: variant of wap, perhaps of imitative origin] | |
| whap, informal (less commonly) wop or informal (less commonly) whap | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [C14: variant of wap, perhaps of imitative origin] | |
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Example sentences
They growl and bat at each other and whap the surface.
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