whoop-ass
Crushing defeat slang
Whoop-ass is aggressive, punishing force, usually threatened or delivered in a fight.
The phrase appears almost exclusively in open a can of whoop-ass, meaning to unleash a beating or overwhelming defeat on someone: Keep talking and I'll open a can of whoop-ass on you.
The expression treats violence as something bottled up and ready to pour out.
Strike repeatedly with fists
- wallopForceful strike or defeat
- thrashBeat violently or defeat utterly
- clobberDefeat or strike decisively
- beatdownThorough physical or competitive defeat
smackdown · pound · hammer · trounce · annihilate · obliterate · decimate · crush
Cylindrical metal container
receive · taste · dose · helping · full-on · serious · righteous · major-league
Supreme authority held
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
mastery · superiority · ascendancy · control · overpower · vanquish · subdue · prevail
Source of potential harm
- threatIndication of potential harm
- bravadoPretense of fearlessness
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
belligerence · bluster · posturing · trash-talk · mean-mugging · chest-puffing · flexing · warning
Disorderly group fight
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
- scuffleBrief disorderly struggle
- throwdownFierce physical altercation
clash · melee · fisticuffs · fracas · donnybrook · rumble · dust-up · tussle
pummel
Strike repeatedly with fists
- wallopForceful strike or defeat
- thrashBeat violently or defeat utterly
- clobberDefeat or strike decisively
beatdown · smackdown · pound · hammer · trounce · annihilate · obliterate · decimate · crush · demolish
can
Cylindrical metal container
serve · receive · taste · dose · helping · full-on · serious · righteous · major-league · world-class
domination
Supreme authority held
conquest · mastery · superiority · ascendancy · control · overpower · vanquish · subdue · prevail · conquer
menace
Source of potential harm
aggression · belligerence · bluster · posturing · trash-talk · mean-mugging · chest-puffing · flexing · warning · challenge
brawl
Disorderly group fight
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
- scuffleBrief disorderly struggle
throwdown · clash · melee · fisticuffs · fracas · donnybrook · rumble · dust-up · tussle · skirmish
whoop-assgentleness
Soft, kind demeanor
tenderness · pacifism · nonviolence · mercy · kindness
whoop-asssurrender
Cease resistance, yield
submission · capitulation · defeat · cowering · retreating
whoop-asssoft words
measured response · restraint · turning a blind eye · kid gloves · de-escalation
whoops, whoop, whooped, whooping, whup, whooper, whooping cough, whoop-de-doo