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whuppings

whuppings is the plural of whupping.

Meaning of whupping

Noun

whupping (plural whuppings)

  1. (colloquial) A beating.
    • What you gonna do ... give me a whupping? You can't whup me no more. You're too old.1986, August Wilson, Fences
  2. (colloquial) A brutal defeat.
    • We laid a whupping on that team.

Questions about whuppings

What is whuppings the plural of?
Whuppings is the plural of whupping.

Words near whuppings in the dictionary

  1. whumping
  2. whumps
  3. whup
  4. whupped
  5. whupping
  6. whuppings
  7. whups
  8. whur
  9. whurl
  10. whurled
  11. whurling

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