wallop
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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.
4.
Chiefly Scot. to flutter, wobble, or flop about.
verb (used without object)
5.
Informal. to move violently and clumsily: The puppy walloped down the walk.
6.
(of a liquid) to boil violently.
7.
Obsolete. to gallop.
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noun
8.
a vigorous blow.
9.
the ability to deliver vigorous blows, as in boxing: That fist of his packs a wallop.
10.
Informal.
a.
the ability to effect a forceful impression; punch: That ad packs a wallop.
b.
a pleasurable thrill; kick: The joke gave them all a wallop.
11.
Informal. a violent, clumsy movement; lurch.
12.
Obsolete. a gallop.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English walopen to gallop, wal(l)op gallop < Anglo-French waloper (v.), walop (noun), Old French galoper, galop; see gallop
1300–50; Middle English walopen to gallop, wal(l)op gallop < Anglo-French waloper (v.), walop (noun), Old French galoper, galop; see gallop
Related forms
wal·lop·er, noun
out·wal·lop, verb (used with object)
Synonyms
3. trounce, rout, crush, best.
3. trounce, rout, crush, best.
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wallop (ˈwɒləp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -lops, -loping, -loped | |
| 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 |
| —n | |
| 5. | informal a hard blow |
| 6. | informal the ability to hit powerfully, as of a boxer |
| 7. | informal a forceful impression |
| 8. | (Brit) a slang word for beer |
| —vb, —n | |
| 9. | an obsolete word for gallop |
| [C14: from Old Northern French waloper to gallop, from Old French galoper, of unknown origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
wallop
late 14c., "to gallop," possibly from O.N.Fr. *waloper (13c.), probably from Frankish *walalaupan "to run well" (cf. O.H.G. wela "well" and Old Low Franconian loupon "to run, leap"). The verb meaning "to thrash" (1820) and the noun meaning "heavy blow" (1823) may be separate developments, of imitative
origin.
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Slang Dictionary
wallop definition[ˈwɑləp]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
Little do the beetles know that those petals pack a powerful wallop.
The concept is simple, but it carries a wallop once you actually see the graph.
The innocuous-looking pellets are about the size of almonds, but in your mouth they pack an invisible, highly potent wallop.
It fuses ineffectual elements of discontent into a program that can pack quite a wallop.
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