wallop
1wal·lop
verb \ˈwä-ləp\Definition of WALLOP
Examples of WALLOP
- I was so angry I felt like walloping him.
- <walloped the branches of the pear tree with a stick in an effort to knock down some fruit>
Origin of WALLOP
Middle English walopen to gallop, from Old French (Picard dialect) waloper
First Known Use: 1579
Related to WALLOP
Synonyms: bash, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, fib [British], flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lash, lather, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punch out, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, tromp, beat, whale, whip, whop (or whap), whup, work over
Related Words: assail, assault, attack, beset, box, bust, chop, clobber, clout, crack, cudgel, cuff, descend (on or upon), hit, jump (on), knock, lam, lay on, paste, pounce (on or upon), punch, raid, rush, slam, slap, smack, smash, sock, spank, storm, swat, swipe, thwack, whack, wham, whomp; blackjack, cane, cowhide, flagellate, fustigate, horsewhip, leather, pistol-whip, rawhide, scourge, strap; gore, lacerate, wound; maim, mangle, mutilate
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