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wallop

[ wol-uhp ]

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: , , ,

  4. Chiefly Scot. to flutter, wobble, or flop about.


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

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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. an obsolete word for gallop
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wallop1

1300–50; Middle English walopen to gallop, wal ( l ) op gallop < Anglo-French waloper (v.), walop (noun), Old French galoper, galop; gallop
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wallop1

C14: from Old Northern French waloper to gallop, from Old French galoper, of unknown origin
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Idioms and Phrases

see pack a punch (wallop) .
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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.

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Leicester are out of the FA Cup and were walloped by Everton in their last Premier League game.

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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.

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“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.

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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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