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whup

[hwuhp, wuhp]
–verb (used with object), whupped, whup⋅ping. South Midland and Southern U.S.
to whip; beat or defeat decisively: The top seed whupped his opponent in three straight sets.

Origin:
1890–95; orig. Scots form of whip
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whup   (hwŭp, wŭp, hwŏŏp, wŏŏp)   
v.   Chiefly Southern U.S.
Variant of whip.

[Scots, variant of whip.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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