whop
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She notes that professional female boxers would whop a man off the street, and that women are keen marksmen.
From Economist ● May 14, 2015
“To whop someone with unprecedented, $1 million sanctions that are going to drive someone out of business over this testimony is … egregious,” said Raynor, who has one child still in college.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 1, 2015
"It's still kind of fun to be able to whop it off the first tee and be part of a great event," Nicklaus said.
From Chicago Tribune ● Apr. 7, 2011
"The rich kids' moms really couldn't deal with the fact that Peek could whop them."
From Time Magazine Archive
It seemed like a staggering whop of money.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
Gallet's "whops" bade fair to change the scientific world's concept of radar and its potential.
From Time Magazine Archive
But as a show it often whops the emotions, as a spectacle often tingles the blood.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Water Wheele 22ft heigh, wth a Shaft whereon 7 whops, 2 Gudgions and 2 brasses, built about the same tyme, in repaire, valued at 20lb.
From The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account by H. G. (Henry George) Nicholls
I make collars for hosses and ox whops and quirts out of beef hide.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration
Whop′per, one who whops: anything very large, esp. a monstrous lie.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
“The car whopped like a helicopter” when it was turned on, Michael Powell said to laughter, and when Mr. Powell, a car aficionado, tried to drive it, it would only go in reverse.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
Now, after six months of chemotherapy, Caldwell feels “like somebody whopped me,” she said during a visit to Patel’s clinic in late summer.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
It was the only chance I got to wear the world champion's jersey and I got whopped.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2013
Back in 1997, I was less than sympathetic when the electorate whopped his, but on Sky News, the man was a diamond.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2010
His long lank hair was nearly ash-blond, worn long and treasured since he whopped it with a pocket comb unconsciously and often.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
If you’re going to charge a whopping $60 to cook for people, you’d better tell them beforehand.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
The record number of candidates also posed practical challenges, such as the need to use large tables to count ballot papers that measured a whopping 90cm in length.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
State K-12 spending last year increased by a whopping 22%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The lawsuit seeks a whopping $1.4 trillion in damages from the company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
The winner would get a whopping $1000 prize.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
