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or whapped
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as in whipped
to defeat by a large margin
despite high hopes, the hometown favorites got whopped again maybe if that television station replaced its obnoxious news anchor, it wouldn't get consistently whopped in the ratings
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as in licked
to strike repeatedly
he called me a name and I whopped him good
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Recent Examples of whopped
Anderson goes on to break down the relatable difference between getting your ass whopped or getting your ass beat.
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Christine Imarenezor, VIBE.com, 17 Feb. 2026
That’s because the Dolphins came into Atlanta and whopped the Falcons 34-10, effectively ending a three-game skid.
—Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Christine Imarenezor, VIBE.com, 17 Feb. 2026
That’s because the Dolphins came into Atlanta and whopped the Falcons 34-10, effectively ending a three-game skid.
—Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whopped
Verb
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For 10 minutes, Boyd took in the scene as the flags whipped above the center-field scoreboard, Cubs infielders took grounders and stadium workers finished final preparations before 39,712 fans streamed into the ballpark.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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This pizza has soppressata, whipped ricotta and drizzles of hot honey.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Rumor has it the fashion crowd licked the shelves clean in Paris as soon as the first designs hit stores.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2026
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Of course, the flue was closed, so the fire licked up the walls, left a smell like the fall, like ancient smokehouses and dung.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The tree removal slowly upset the stability of the soil and the groundwater, eventually leading to the flooding that washed out the Harpers’ driveway, according to the family.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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South Carolina handily upset previously unbeaten UConn 62-48 Friday night after UCLA handled Texas 51-42.—
Greg Cote
April 5,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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When the ball missed, the mascots howled with laughter; one of them, a big yellow mountain lion, pounded the ground.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The villagers huddled in their church for protection as Israeli warplanes pounded large swaths of southern and eastern Lebanon while Israeli troops stepped up a ground invasion and Hezbollah kept firing rockets at Israel.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The house of another, Carlotta Walls, was bombed a month before her graduation, and the police subsequently tortured her father in an unsuccessful attempt to coerce a confession.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
4 Apr. 2026
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Tangled pieces of barbed wire, reams of rubble and fallen concrete scarred the skyline in Karaj, western Iran, on Friday, after the US military bombed a major new bridge under construction.—
Leila Gharagozlou,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Trump has repeatedly lashed out at allies for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz; the UK is hosting talks with dozens of nations Thursday aimed at forming a coalition focused on that goal.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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After Cooke lashed out verbally, Wilson intervened and later comforted Batula in a conversation picked up by their microphones.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Leafs overcame a 3-1 deficit with three goals in the third period, including Rielly's snap shot from the high slot that beat Anaheim goalie Ville Husso stick-side to give Toronto a 4-3 lead with three minutes left in regulation.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Leafs overcame a 3-1 deficit with three goals in the third period, including Rielly’s snap shot from the high slot that beat Anaheim goalie Ville Husso stick-side to give Toronto a 4-3 lead with three minutes left in regulation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Mary was the one who tried too hard at piano practice and still thumped the piano, the one who was too earnest.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
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Admittedly this isn’t 1985, but the Red Storm absolutely thumped UConn, a 2-seed, to win the title, and have won their last six.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Whopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whopped. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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