Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A blow or strike.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact. · To administer corporal punishment to.
From Middle English whappen, a variant of wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse vappa (“to waddle”).
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