walloping

American  

[wol-uh-ping] / ˈwɒl ə pɪŋ /

noun

1. a sound beating or thrashing.

2. a thorough defeat.

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adjective

1. impressively big or good; whopping.

adverb

1. extremely; immensely.

   We ran up a walloping big bill.

walloping British  

/ ˈwɒləpɪŋ /

noun

1. a thrashing

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adjective

1. (intensifier)

   a walloping drop in sales

Etymology

Origin of walloping

A Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; wallop, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

Guided by visionary coach Curt Cignetti, Indiana has spent the College Football Playoff walloping blueblood programs like Alabama and Knight’s Oregon Ducks.

From The Wall Street Journal

But my aunt was not the kind of person you go around walloping for joy.

From Literature

Her team had made her point over the previous two hours, walloping the Nittany Lions on the way to a seventh straight victory.

From Los Angeles Times

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