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wallop
[ wol-uhp ]
/ ˈwɒl əp /
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verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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Origin of wallop
1300–50; Middle English walopen to gallop, wal(l)op gallop <Anglo-French waloper (v.), walop (noun), Old French galoper, galop;see gallop
OTHER WORDS FROM wallop
wal·lop·er, nounoutwallop, verb (used with object)Words nearby wallop
wall mustard, wall of death, Wallonia, Walloon, Walloon Brabant, wallop, walloper, walloping, wallow, Wallowa Mountains, wallower
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British Dictionary definitions for wallop
Word Origin for wallop
C14: from Old Northern French waloper to gallop, from Old French galoper, of unknown origin
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Other Idioms and Phrases with wallop
wallop
see pack a punch (wallop).
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