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wapping

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for wapping.

Editorial note

They opened a plant on the edge of London costing about $300mm to replace their Wapping printworks.

Examples13
Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A district of London in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3480).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of wapping gathered in one view.

noun

A district of London in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3480).

adjective

(colloquial) Archaic form of whopping (“exceptionally great or large”). [(colloquial) Exceptionally great or large.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for wapping.

noun

A district of London in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3480).

adjective

(colloquial) Archaic form of whopping (“exceptionally great or large”). [(colloquial) Exceptionally great or large.]

Example sentences

1

They opened a plant on the edge of London costing about $300mm to replace their Wapping printworks.

2

If you wanted to go to the main shopping area you nowadays would go to Wapping Lane.

3

Now, the warehouses are there only for a few centuries and Wapping is much older.

4

Near where I live is Wapping High Street (Just next to the Tower of London, City outwards).

5

I don’t know if Wapping High street at that time was a vibrant shopping street with exciting retail opportunities, maybe.

6

Consider the classical example of Wapping dispute [0] where old hot-metal methods of printing, which unions sought to protect, were replaced by electronic publishing tools and printing machines.

7

Was this true before 1986 (the Wapping dispute)?

8

The Wapping dispute is an example of a union failing to recognize that the value (same definition I was using above) of their employees had fallen below their asking price.

9

> Wapping and Limehouse have certainly been radically altered Yes.

10

I looked into this extensively after getting an offer to move from Berlin to London and renting somewhere like Wapping in London was still 3x the price of renting in Mitte in Berlin.

11

Tired of the lack of interest, in about 1992 he did a live experiment on himself by swallowing a wapping dose of H.pylori and induced an ulcer, then proceeded to cure this with a course of antibiotics.

Proper noun examples

1

I love Hackney or the area around Wapping; there's certainly a personality around Muswell Hill and Highgate; the Barbican is brilliant and unique, etc.

2

You'll be working in our river-side office in Wapping, East London, and you’ll of course be able to go to and invite your friends to the exclusive parties being live-streamed on the site.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use wapping in a sentence?

They opened a plant on the edge of London costing about $300mm to replace their Wapping printworks.

What does wapping mean?

A district of London in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3480).

What part of speech is wapping?

wapping is commonly used as noun, adjective.