wallop Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a forceful consequence; a strong effect
    impact.
    • the book had an important impact on my thinking
    • the book packs a wallop
  2. noun a severe blow
  3. verb hit hard
    wham; whop; whack.
    • The teacher whacked the boy
  4. verb defeat soundly and utterly
    • We'll wallop them!

WordNet

Wal"lop intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. OFlem. walop a gallop; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gallop.
Definitions
  1. To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop. Prov. Eng. & Scot.
Wal"lop noun
Definitions
  1. A quick, rolling movement; a gallop. Prov. Eng. & Scot.
Wal"lop intransitive verb
Etymology
Probably fr. AS. weallan to spring up, to boil or bubble. See Well, n. & v. i.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Walloped ; present participle & verbal noun Walloping
Definitions
  1. To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise. Prov. Eng. Brockett.
  2. To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
  3. To be slatternly. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
Wal"lop transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To beat soundly; to flog; to whip. Prov. Eng., Scot., & Colloq. U. S.
  2. To wrap up temporarily. Prov. Eng.
  3. To throw or tumble over. Prov. Eng.
Wal"lop noun
Definitions
  1. A thick piece of fat. Halliwell.
  2. A blow. Prov. Eng., Scot., & Colloq. U.S.

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