whup

present singular third person whups · participle present whupping · participle past whupped · past whupped

1. alternativecolloquialdialectalSouthern US or African-American VernacularAlternative form of whoop (“to whip, thrash, or defeat”).

   Whyn't ya whup her, Ma? […] Go on, give her a whup.

   1939, John Steinbeck, “Chapter Sixteen”, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York: Viking Press, →OCLC

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   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.

   1937, Thomas Wolfe, Chickamauga

   He might have come after Bart […] because he wanted to whup a nigger?

   1972, Joe Gores, Dead Skip: A DKA File Novel, Random House, →ISBN, page 31

   I used to whup you four games out of five. What you gonna do ... give me a whupping? You can't whup me no more. You're too old.

   1986, August Wilson, Fences

plural whups

1. colloquialdialectalSouthern US or African-American VernacularA whip.

   Whup (hwup). Negro for whip.

   1893, H. A. Shands, Some Peculiarities of Speech in Mississippi, Published by the author, page 68

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   “You jus’ min’ your business, mister,” Ma said fiercely. “You’ll git a whup yourself. Now leggo, Ruthie.”

   1939, John Steinbeck, “Chapter Sixteen”, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York: Viking Press, →OCLC

1. alternativeAlternative 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.

   1599, T. Cutvvode, Caltha Poetarum: or The Bumble Bee, London: Printed by Thomas Creede, for Richard Oliue, unnumbered page

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   WHup^([sic]) (Fᴀᴜꜱᴛᴜʟᴜꜱ) all draw ny thee That doe love thee, or lov'd by thee, Joying in thy ſafe returning!

   1638, R. Brathwait, edited by Joseph Haslewood, Barnabæ Itinerarium, or Barnabee's Journal, London, published 1820, page 185