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Definition of whup verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

whup

verb
 
/wʌp/
 
/wʌp/
(informal, especially US English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they whup
 
/wʌp/
 
/wʌp/
he / she / it whups
 
/wʌps/
 
/wʌps/
past simple whupped
 
/wʌpt/
 
/wʌpt/
past participle whupped
 
/wʌpt/
 
/wʌpt/
-ing form whupping
 
/ˈwʌpɪŋ/
 
/ˈwʌpɪŋ/
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  1. whup somebody/something to defeat somebody easily in a game, a fight, an election, etc.
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: variant of whip.
See whup in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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