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whup¹

Where it comes from

Variant of whip.

verb whups · whupping · whupped

  1. alternative, colloquial, dialectal Alternative form of whoop (“to whip, thrash, or defeat”). We had him stopped the year before, the time we whupped him at Stone's River at the end of Sixty-two: we tarred him out so bad he had to wait.

noun whups

  1. colloquial, dialectal A whip. Whup (hwup). Negro for whip.

whup²

Where it comes from

Variant of whoop.

interjection

  1. alternative Alternative form of whoop (“an exclamation, or representation of a shout or cry, expressing joy or surprise”). The ſcantlin won,the winners muſt cry whup, The goale is got,and now the game is vp.

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@misc{whup_2026,
  title = {whup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whup},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}