whup
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Is whup a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (Southern US or African-American Vernacular, colloquial, dialect) Alternative form of whoop (“to whip, thrash, or defeat”).Examples: "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."; "Whyn't ya whup her, Ma? […] Go on, give her a whup."; "He might have come after Bart […] because he wanted to whup a nigger?"alt-ofalternativecolloquialdialectal
noun (English)
1. (Southern US or African-American Vernacular, colloquial, dialect) A whip.Examples: "Whup (hwup). Negro for whip."; "“You jus’ min’ your business, mister,” Ma said fiercely. “You’ll git a whup yourself. Now leggo, Ruthie.”"colloquialdialectal
Definition source: Wiktionary