Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
WHAPPED
WHAP
sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash
(verb) hit hard
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
whapped
simple past tense and past participle of whap
Source: Wiktionary
WHAP
Whap, Whop, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OE. quappen to palpitate, E. quob, quaver, wabble, awhape, wap.]
Definition: To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over. Bartlett.
Note: This word is used adverbially in the north of England, as in the United States, when anything vanishes, or is gone suddenly; as, whap went the cigar out of my mouth.
Whap, Whop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whapping.]
Definition: To beat or strike.
Whap, Whop, n.
Definition: A blow, or quick, smart stroke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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