colloq. or vulgar. [f. WHOP v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb WHOP; a severe beating or flogging; hence, an overwhelming defeat. Also attrib.
1812. Sporting Mag., XXXIX. 139. An athletic Nottinghamshire man, who … gave very unfavourable specimens of wapping talent. Ibid. (1818), (N.S.), II. 189. He wanted a good wapping and he had got it.
1838. Dickens, O. Twist, xlii. I should like to … have the whopping of ’em.
1885. Mrs. C. Praed, Head Stat., xvii. Blue-eyed fair-haired little girls who never fell into tantrums or wanted whopping.
