whupping

English

Verb

whupping

  1. present participle and gerund of whup

Noun

whupping (plural whuppings)

  1. (colloquial) A beating.
    • 1986, August Wilson, Fences:
      What you gonna do ... give me a whupping? You can't whup me no more. You're too old.
  2. (colloquial) A brutal defeat.
    We laid a whupping on that team.
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