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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