wallop

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verb

wal·​lop ˈwä-ləp How to pronounce wallop (audio)
walloped; walloping; wallops

intransitive verb

1
: to boil noisily
2
a
: to move with reckless or disorganized haste : advance in a headlong rush

transitive verb

1
a
: to thrash soundly : lambaste
b
: to beat by a wide margin : trounce
2
: to hit with force : sock
walloper noun

wallop

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noun

1
a
: a powerful blow : punch
b
: something resembling a wallop especially in suddenness of force
c
: the ability (as of a boxer) to hit hard
2
a
: emotional, sensory, or psychological force or influence : impact
a novel that packs a wallop
b
: an exciting emotional response : thrill
3
British : beer

Examples of wallop in a Sentence

Verb 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 Noun felt the wallop of a car crashing into their front porch gave the ball a good wallop with the bat
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
At the same time, Joann was walloped by higher costs after China hiked tariffs on imports, an issue that occurred when the company was also spending a lot of money remodeling its stores. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024 In 1893, the world was walloped by a second panic and depression that hit the United States particularly hard. TIME, 18 Mar. 2024 Reports of tornadoes were made in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Arkansas and more on Thursday as the storm system that walloped Kansas and Missouri the day prior blew through the region. Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024 Down as many as 17 in the first half, Phoenix walloped Dallas, 43-20, in going up by as many as 28 points, 100-72, with 38.7 seconds left in the third quarter. Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024 The Suns were 19-18 after getting walloped by the Clippers, 138-114, in Los Angeles. Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 23 Jan. 2024 Discounts may be especially important this holiday to U.S. consumers, who have been walloped by more than a year of high inflation. Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2023 Matthews added two assists as Toronto walloped the Ducks 9-2. Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2024 The bigger picture The changing forecast came as the storm moved south, walloping Los Angeles County and the heart of Southern California. Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
Noun
And Rita Hayworth is toasted with Sailor Beware, my original cocktail for The Lady from Shanghai, which, like the film that inspired it, is unique, complex, and packs a hell of a wallop. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2023 While Brent and Bryson would both add interesting elements to the single, and SZA would add a wallop of star power, a remix with Drake will undoubtedly push the single way, way up the charts. Damien Scott, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2024 The storm is almost certain to pack a wallop, said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UCLA. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024 Brandt draws his characters in broad, flat strokes that serve the architecture of the narrative — and its cumulative, practically inevitable emotional wallop — without yielding much intimate human insight. Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Feb. 2024 Prior to last year’s tear-inducing wallop from Chris Stapleton, Mickey Guyton delivered the song in 2022 and Eric Church shared duties with Jazmine Sullivan in 2021. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024 Monday was the calm after the storm for much of the Bay Area, as a powerful atmospheric river system moved to Southern California, but the wallop the deadly system packed in the form of heavy rain and hurricane-force winds still needed plenty of cleanup as the week began. Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024 And now, both new and longtime viewers can tune in as the eagles endeavor to keep their eggs warm from a wallop of wintry weather. Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024 The Alabama coaching search, which began Wednesday when Nick Saban announced his retirement, is expected to move swiftly and carry a wallop. Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English walopen to gallop, from Old French (Picard dialect) waloper

First Known Use

Verb

1579, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

circa 1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of wallop was in 1579

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Cite this Entry

“Wallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wallop. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

wallop

1 of 2 noun
wal·​lop ˈwäl-əp How to pronounce wallop (audio)
1
: a powerful blow or impact
2
: the ability to hit hard

wallop

2 of 2 verb
1
: to beat thoroughly : trounce
2
: to hit with force : sock
walloper noun

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