What does whup mean?

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Verb
  1. (Southern US or African American Vernacular, dialect) Alternative form of whoop (to whip, thrash, or defeat).
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He could get real cross when he drank, but he didn't whup us much long as we steered clear.
Dey carried 'em down in de woods an' whup dem, den dey throws 'em in de pond, dere bodies breakin' de ice.
Miss Annie, she tried once to whup me 'cause I chunked rocks at her li'l chickens, but mighty little whuppin' she done.
I never seen 'em whup none but dey tol' us we'd git twen'y-nine licks iffen we got caught by 'em.
In the distance she heard the muffled, percussive whup whup whup whup of D'Abruzzio's black helicopter.
One night the man he worked for got up a crowd and come to whup him and take his money away from him.

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