whup

Variant of whip.

whup (third-person singular simple present whups, present participle whupping, simple past and past participle whupped)

1. (Southern US or African-American Vernacular, colloquial, dialect) Alternative form of whoop (“to whip, thrash, or defeat”).
   • 1937, Thomas Wolfe, Chickamauga:

     We had him stopped the year before, the time we whupped him at Stone's River at the end of Sixty-two: we tarred him out so bad he had to wait.

   • 1939, John Steinbeck, “Chapter Sixteen”, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York: Viking Press, →OCLC:

     Whyn't ya whup her, Ma? […] Go on, give her a whup.

   • 1972, Leon Barnett, Whup A Little Lovin' On Me / Angel In My Arms‎^[1], J.E.K. International Records:
   • 1972, Joe Gores, Dead Skip: A DKA File Novel, Random House, →ISBN, page 31:

     He might have come after Bart […] because he wanted to whup a nigger?

   • 1986, August Wilson, Fences:

     I used to whup you four games out of five.
     What you gonna do ... give me a whupping? You can't whup me no more. You're too old.

whup (plural whups)

1. (Southern US or African-American Vernacular, colloquial, dialect) A whip.
   • 1893, H. A. Shands, Some Peculiarities of Speech in Mississippi, Published by the author, page 68:

     Whup (hwup). Negro for whip.

   • 1939, John Steinbeck, “Chapter Sixteen”, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York: Viking Press, →OCLC:

     “You jus’ min’ your business, mister,” Ma said fiercely. “You’ll git a whup yourself. Now leggo, Ruthie.”

Variant of whoop.

whup

1. Alternative form of whoop (“an exclamation, or representation of a shout or cry, expressing joy or surprise”).
   • 1599, T. Cutvvode, Caltha Poetarum: or The Bumble Bee, London: Printed by Thomas Creede, for Richard Oliue, unnumbered page:

     The ſcantlin won,the winners muſt cry whup,
     The goale is got,and now the game is vp.

   • 1638, R. Brathwait, edited by Joseph Haslewood, Barnabæ Itinerarium, or Barnabee's Journal, London, published 1820, page 185:

     WHup^[sic] (Fᴀᴜꜱᴛᴜʟᴜꜱ) all draw ny thee
     That doe love thee, or lov'd by thee,
     Joying in thy ſafe returning!

• “whoop, int.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.