whup

Example Sentences

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"They pitched a heck of a game. I think it was mandatory to want to go out and whup them."

From Fox News • Aug. 26, 2021

Several years after Sam “Bam” Cunningham helped an integrated USC football team whup an all-white Alabama team in 1970, Cunningham traveled to Montgomery, Ala., for a golf tournament.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2016

He promoted that fight by saying: “You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned. Wait till I whup George Foreman’s behind.”

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2016

“If you think the world was surprised when Nixon resigned, wait till I whup Foreman’s behind,” he told David Frost.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2016

"When you're a youngun, you Saul, but let life whup your head a bit and you starts to trying to be Paul—though you still Sauls around on the side."

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison