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whip verb To thrash, beat, defeat (an adversary), drive, exhaust; hence whipped = worn out, whipping = a beating, thrashing.

1861 Patton CW Letters (Sept 14) the yankees have not landed any place yet close about here nor we do not intend for them to come about without a whiping. 1966 DARE Survey (Cherokee NC) whipped = very tired. 1989 Matewan OHP-39 I heard him say, "I'll whip that fellow in the morning," and sure enough, he did. He broke his nose all to pieces.

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