(EDITED BY AUTHOR: 12/1/2004 - 8:38 p.m.)Idiom: "Open up a big can of whoop-ass."
Verb.
Etymology: Rural South Alabama Redneck.
Transitive senses:
1: to take, pull, snatch, jerk, or otherwise move very quickly and forcefully.
2: to overcome decisively.
3: to beat (as eggs or cream) into a froth with a utensil (as a whisk or fork.)
4: to stir up.
5: to win victory over.
6: to nullify.
7: to drive or urge on by as if by using a whip or other instrument of force.
8: to strike as a lash does.
9: to ruin the structure, organic existence, or condition of another entity.
10: to put out of existence.
11: to destroy the vital or essential quality of.
12: to cause extreme pain to.
13: to reduce the capacity to fight.
14: to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission, passivity or wet britches.
15: to drive or force by blows.
16: to pound into a powder, paste, pulp or non-existence.
17: to strike repeatedly: (a) to hit repeatedly so as to inflict pain. (b) to knock out of place.
18: Auburn's victory over UT: (a)No. 13 Auburn (4-0) at No. 10 Tennessee (3-0), Oct. 4th, 2004, Saturday, 7:45 p.m. @ss-Whooping witnessed nation-wide on ESPN cable television before 105,000 witnesses. (b)Complete and total domination. (c) Nullification of the conference's top rushing and total offensive leader (503.6 yards per game.)
Intranstive senses:
1: to proceed nimbly or quickly.
2: to thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whipping.
3: to become forcefully impelled.
4: to strike repeated blows.
5: to gain the superiority of.
6: to be victorious.
7: to whip soundly and whip twice in the same season.
