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larruping

larruping is the present participle and gerund of larrup.

Meaning of larrup

Verb

larrup (third-person singular simple present larrups, present participle larruping or (rare) larrupping, simple past and past participle larruped or (rare) larrupped)

  1. (transitive) To beat or thrash.
    • ZOE-FANNY: I let him larrup it into me for the fun of it.1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

See all 3 meanings of larrup

Noun

larruping (plural larrupings)

  1. A beating; a thrashing.

Adjective

larruping (comparative more larruping, superlative most larruping)

  1. (Appalachia) (more often as larrupin' or larrupin) Very good or excellent.

Forms of larruping

Noun
plurallarrupings
Adjective
comparativemore larruping
superlativemost larruping

Questions about larruping

What does larruping mean?
Larruping means a beating; a thrashing.
What is larruping the present participle and gerund of?
Larruping is the present participle and gerund of larrup.
What part of speech is larruping?
Larruping can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of larruping?
The plural of larruping is larrupings.

Words near larruping in the dictionary

  1. larruped
  2. larruper
  3. larrupers
  4. larrupin
  5. larrupin'
  6. larruping
  7. larrupings
  8. larrupped
  9. larrupping
  10. larruppings
  11. larrups

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Adapted from Wiktionary: larruping (page history and authors); larrup (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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