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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)

  1. (US, transitive) To strike hard and suddenly.
  2. (US, intransitive) 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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Questions about whapped

What is whapped the simple past and past participle of?
Whapped is the simple past and past participle of whap.

Words near whapped in the dictionary

  1. whanks
  2. Whannel
  3. Whanregarwen
  4. whant
  5. whap
  6. whapped
  7. whapper
  8. whappers
  9. whapping
  10. whaps
  11. whapuka

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