whup

verb

1. (alt-of, alternative, colloquial, dialectal)Alternative form of whoop (“to whip, thrash, or defeat”).

   “We had him stopped the year before, the time we whupped him at Stone's River at the end of Sixty-two: we tarred him out so bad he had to wait.”

   “Whyn't ya whup her, Ma? […] Go on, give her a whup.”

   “He might have come after Bart […] because he wanted to whup a nigger?”

   “I used to whup you four games out of five. What you gonna do ... give me a whupping? You can't whup me no more. You're too old.”

noun

1. (colloquial, dialectal)A whip.

   “Whup (hwup). Negro for whip.”

   ““You jus’ min’ your business, mister,” Ma said fiercely. “You’ll git a whup yourself. Now leggo, Ruthie.””

intj

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of whoop (“an exclamation, or representation of a shout or cry, expressing joy or surprise”).

   “The ſcantlin won,the winners muſt cry whup, The goale is got,and now the game is vp.”

   “WHup^([sic]) (Fᴀᴜꜱᴛᴜʟᴜꜱ) all draw ny thee That doe love thee, or lov'd by thee, Joying in thy ſafe returning!”