whup
/hwʌp/verb
1whupped, whupping
with obj. informal, chiefly N. Amer. beat; thrash〈非正式, 主北美〉打; 鞭打; 棒打:they would whup him and send him home.
他们会把他打一顿, 然后送他回家。
1.1
- defeat convincingly令人信服地打败:
if you lined up our guys against the 49ers, they'd get whupped.
如果你把我们的伙计都邀集起来打49年人队, 他们一定会大败的。
词源
late 19th cent.: variant of WHIP.