wallop

American  

[wol-uhp] / ˈwɒl əp /

verb (used with object)

1. to beat soundly; thrash.

2. Informal.  to strike with a vigorous blow; belt; sock.

   After two strikes, he walloped the ball out of the park.

3. Informal.  to defeat thoroughly, as in a game.

   Synonyms:

   best , crush , rout , trounce

4. Chiefly Scot.  to flutter, wobble, or flop about.

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verb (used without object)

1. Informal.  to move violently and clumsily.

   The puppy walloped down the walk.

2. (of a liquid) to boil violently.

3. Obsolete.  to gallop.

noun

1. a vigorous blow.

2. the ability to deliver vigorous blows, as in boxing.

   That fist of his packs a wallop.

3. Informal.

   1. the ability to effect a forceful impression; punch.

      That ad packs a wallop.

   2. a pleasurable thrill; kick.

      The joke gave them all a wallop.

4. Informal.  a violent, clumsy movement; lurch.

5. Obsolete.  a gallop.

wallop British  

/ ˈwɒləp /

verb

1. informal  (tr) to beat soundly; strike hard

2. informal  (tr) to defeat utterly

3. dialect  (intr) to move in a clumsy manner

4. (intr) (of liquids) to boil violently

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noun

1. informal  a hard blow

2. informal  the ability to hit powerfully, as of a boxer

3. informal  a forceful impression

4. a slang word for beer

verb

1. an obsolete word for gallop

wallop Idioms  

1. see pack a punch (wallop).

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Other Word Forms

• outwallop verb (used with object)
• walloper noun

Etymology

Origin of wallop

1300–50; Middle English walopen to gallop, wal ( l ) op gallop < Anglo-French waloper (v.), walop (noun), Old French galoper, galop; gallop

Example Sentences

What they have in common is markets that have walloped their bossy giant neighbor’s.

From Barron's

Marseille climbed provisionally top of the French Ligue 1 on Friday after walloping woeful Nice 5-1 in a one-sided local derby with fireworks on and off the pitch.

From Barron's

They are going to give a few teams a walloping, and Spurs could be one of them.

From BBC

Argentina looked a pale imitation of the side that walloped Wales in record-breaking fashion in Cardiff, and Scotland were in complete control for the first 50 minutes.

From BBC

The inflation tax wallop is especially large in New York because of its steeply progressive rates.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• clobber
• drub
• pummel
• smack
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