whopped

[hwop, wop] Origin

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.

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Whopped is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
noun
5.
a forcible blow.
6.
the sound made by it.
7.
a bump; heavy fall.
Also, whap, wap.


Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English, variant of wap
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whop
"to beat, strike," c.1440, of imitative origin; cf. Welsh chwap "a stroke," also of imitative origin; cf. also wap.
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