whapped
whapped is the simple past and past participle of whap.
Meaning of whap
Verb
whap (third-person singular simple present whaps, present participle whapping, simple past and past participle whapped)
- To strike hard and suddenly.
- To throw oneself quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly.
- He wears his hat a little a one side, rakish-like, whaps his cane down ag’in the pavement hard, as if he intended to keep things in their place, swaggers a few, as if he though he had a right to look big […]1844, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Judge Haliburton’s Yankee Stories, Part Two, Chapter 22, Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, pp. 179-180
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- Whapped is the simple past and past participle of whap.
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