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wallop
[ wol-uhp ]
verb (used with object)
- to beat soundly; thrash.
- Informal. to strike with a vigorous blow; belt; sock:
After two strikes, he walloped the ball out of the park.
- Informal. to defeat thoroughly, as in a game.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Chiefly Scot. to flutter, wobble, or flop about.
verb (used without object)
- Informal. to move violently and clumsily:
The puppy walloped down the walk.
- (of a liquid) to boil violently.
- Obsolete. to gallop.
noun
- a vigorous blow.
- the ability to deliver vigorous blows, as in boxing:
That fist of his packs a wallop.
- Informal.
- the ability to effect a forceful impression; punch:
That ad packs a wallop.
- a pleasurable thrill; kick:
The joke gave them all a wallop.
- Informal. a violent, clumsy movement; lurch.
- Obsolete. a gallop.
wallop
/ ˈ·ÉÉ’±ôÉ™±è /
verb
- informal.tr to beat soundly; strike hard
- informal.tr to defeat utterly
- dialect.intr to move in a clumsy manner
- intr (of liquids) to boil violently
noun
- informal.a hard blow
- informal.the ability to hit powerfully, as of a boxer
- informal.a forceful impression
- a slang word for beer
verb
- an obsolete word for gallop
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of wallop1
Idioms and Phrases
see pack a punch (wallop) .Example Sentences
A major storm continued to wallop much of Southern California on Thursday morning, bringing evacuation warnings, fears of mudslides and heavy mountain snow.
Leicester are out of the FA Cup and were walloped by Everton in their last Premier League game.
After three lazy popups to begin batting practice, Ohtani walloped a long home run to right field, so deep a coach shagging fly balls simply turned and watched it sail over the fence.
“I wanted people to see this film like I saw ‘Bambi,’ as the most glorious, sophisticated tone poem of a story that packs a wallop.
Romantic and cagey, tender and brutal, frivolous and grim, “Kiss of the Spider Woman†is loaded with small acts of kindness, ones that pack as much of a wallop as its dance spectaculars.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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