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 fruitNoun
felt the wallop of a car crashing into their front porch
gave the ball a good wallop with the bat
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Verb
Four hurricanes walloped Louisiana in 2020 and 2021, causing $23 billion in insured losses.—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024 As fears of losses spread, fire-sales affected more and more assets, causing wider contagion — ultimately walloping the economy.—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 9 June 2024
Noun
The payoff is a wallop of a final deathbed scene, all at once brutal, stirringly defiant and poignant about the mysteries of identity and faith.—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024 Rookie Malik Mustapha is expected to pack a wallop in his 5-foot-10, 206-pound body, but such fierce hits won’t be allowed until August’s preseason games (Aug. 10 at the Tennessee Titans, Aug. 18 vs. the New Orleans Saints, Aug. 23 at the Las Vegas Raiders).—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 25 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for wallop
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Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English walopen to gallop, from Old French (Picard dialect) waloper
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