whup

• “The whup was his, and his swoord never did fairer wark! 'she said.”

  Heather and Snow

• “It says he has no more power than Congress does and isn't allowed to "whup" them.”

  Obama on Congress: 'I'll whup 'em'

• “Everyone now knows that Bush came into office with a vendetta itch to "whup" Saddam Hussein and looking for any excuse to do it.”

  Sound Off: Afghanistan war tax?

• “I'se stod in our do'er en 'yeard de hahd licks, en screams ob de ones dat wuz bein' whup'd, en I'd tell mah Missis, "Listen ter dat!”

  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives

• “Mrs. Macfadyen also pretended to recall a "whup" of some kind or other he had in the fifties, but this was considered to be rather a pyrotechnic display of Elspeth's superior memory than a serious statement of fact.”

  Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush

• “When illness had the audacity to attack a Drumtochty man, it was described as a "whup," and was treated by the men with a fine negligence.”

  A Doctor of the Old School — Complete

• “Mrs. Macfayden also pretended to recall a "whup" of some kind or other he had in the fifties, but this was considered to be rather a pyrotechnic display of”

  A Doctor of the Old School — Complete

• “An’ Ah felt so sorry fer Mist’ Rhett Ah bust out cryin’, kase he look lak a whup houn’.”

  Simon & Schuster: Gone with the Wind

• “James went on to say that Beyonce "had no business up there singing ... my song that i been singing forever" and that she's like to "whup" her.”

  Yahoo! Buzz Log

• “The Judge did not 'whup' much -- and used a peach tree limb and done it hisself.”

  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3

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