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WHOP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: whopped    , whopping   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hit hard

Synonyms:

bash; bonk; bop; sock; whap; whop

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "whop" is one way to...):

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hit hard

Example:

The teacher whacked the boy

Synonyms:

wallop; whack; wham; whop

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "whop" is one way to...):

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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