Definition

1. Verb:
   • To strike or hit someone or something with great force, producing a heavy, dull sound: This is the primary meaning, describing a powerful, impactful blow.
   • (Informal) To defeat someone or something decisively: This extended meaning implies a thorough beating or overwhelming victory in a competition or conflict.

Usage and Examples

• Verb (to hit hard):
  • The boxer whopped his opponent with a powerful right hook.
  • He accidentally whopped his knee on the corner of the table.
• Verb (to defeat decisively):
  • Our team got whopped in the final game of the season.
  • The new policy whopped the competition, capturing 80% of the market.

Advanced Usage

• "to give someone a whop": to deliver a single, hard blow to someone.
  • He gave the malfunctioning machine a good whop, and it started working again.
• "to whop it to someone": (informal) to defeat or reprimand someone soundly.
  • The veteran debater really whopped it to the novice during the argument.

Variants and Related Words

• Whopping (adjective): Very large or impressive.
  • They made a whopping profit from the sale.
• Whop can also be used as a noun to mean a heavy blow or the sound of such a blow.
  • The book fell off the shelf with a loud whop.

Synonyms

• Wallop: To hit very hard.
• Thump: To hit or fall with a dull, heavy sound.
• Clobber: (Informal) To hit repeatedly and violently; to defeat decisively.
• Smack: To hit someone or something quickly and forcefully, often with the palm of the hand.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Idioms

• "to whop up": (Informal, less common) To excite or stir up; to prepare hastily.
  • She can whoop up a delicious meal in just twenty minutes.
  • The politician tried to whoop up support for the new law. (Note: This idiom is more commonly spelled and associated with the similar-sounding word "whip up.")

Verb

1. hit hard
2. hit hard
   • The teacher whacked the boy