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

Other parts of US northeast and the Canadian Maritimes are also expected to be walloped on Sunday and Monday, forecasters say.

From BBC

I could feel a wallop of rude and ornery coming up my throat and fighting to get out of my mouth.

From Literature

Liverpool walloped Qarabag in midweek, but one of their issues this season has been following up good wins like that in Europe with a similar result in the league the following weekend.

From BBC

The industry is undergoing a slow recovery after being walloped by years of underinvestment, corruption, mismanagement and six years of US sanctions.

From Barron's

Winter Storm Fern walloped more than 100 million Americans over the weekend, bringing snow, ice, and punishing winds.

From Barron's

Related Words

• clobber
• drub
• pummel
• smack
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