different between whaup vs whup

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whaup (plural whaups)

Sometimes great whaup is used for the curlew, as opposed to little whaup for the whimbrel.

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whaup (plural whaups)

whup (third-person singular simple present whups, present participle whupping, simple past and past participle whupped)

(Southern US or African-American Vernacular, dialect) Alternative form of whoop (to whip, thrash, or defeat).
- 1986, August Wilson, Fences,
  I used to whup you four games out of five.
  What you gonna do ... give me a whupping? You can't whup me no more. You're too old.

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