Whaap (?), n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zoöl.) (a) The
European curlew; - - called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock
whaup. (b) The whimbrel; — called also May whaup, little whaup, and
tang whaup. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Whack (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Whacking.]
[Cf. Thwack.] To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow
to; to thrash; to make with whacks. [Colloq.]
Rodsmen were whackingtheir way through willow brakes.
G. W. Cable.
Whack, v. i. To strike anything with a smart blow.
To whack away, to continue striking heavy blows; as, to whack away at a
log. [Colloq.]