wallop
verb (used with object)
to beat soundly; thrash.
have walloped
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present perfectof wallop.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I wondered, though, if there were any retired Dodgers out there who might be thinking they’d have walloped more home runs if they’d had the advantage of warmer air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
The closures have walloped timber growers, especially in the South, where landowners ranging from Weyerhaeuser, with its vast loblolly plantations, to families with 40-acre woodlots raise pine for the forest-products industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
What they have in common is markets that have walloped their bossy giant neighbor’s.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
The storms that have walloped California in fierce waves since last month have left many communities cleaning up and digging out from flooding and landslides.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
When Harold put on the brakes and eased up, she throwed him a look that I would have walloped Dempsey for.
From Kid Scanlan by H. C. (Harry Charles) Witwer
