"a hit, a blow," late 14c., probably of imitative origin. The verb (late 14c.) originally meant "to throw quickly or with violence," and in slang c. 1560-1730 it meant "to copulate." Related: Wapped; wapping.
wannabe
want
wanted
wanting
wanton
wap
wapentake
war
War of 1812
warble
warbler