whop
Plural: whops
Verb
Verb Forms: whopped, whopping, whops
- To strike forcibly or to defeat decisively.
- hit hard
- hit hard
- To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
- To administer corporal punishment to.
Noun
- A blow or strike.
Examples
- He angrily whopped the book onto the table.
- She managed to WHOP her Words With Friends opponent with a tricky ’XU’ play.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English whappen, a variant of wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse vappa (“to waddle”).
Synonyms
bash, bonk, bop, sock, wallop, whack, wham, whap, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, fling, heave, hield, hoy, huck, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, lob, peck, peg, pick, pitch, precipitate, project, quoit, shy, skew, slight, sling, thrill, throw, toss, traject, warp, whang, whip, whop, wing
Scrabble Score: 12
whop: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwhop: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
whop: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary