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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Major flash floods walloped Texas over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, causing the Guadalupe River to rise more than 26 feet within two hours, triggering evacuations and search operations.—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025 The final tally from the clerk’s office, posted just after 10 p.m., showed the measure getting walloped, with 71% of voters saying no and 29% saying yes.—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 25 June 2025
Noun
The core of each dessert is a fruit filling, with fresh diced mangoes in juice that oozes from the center and a wallop of sweet and bitter citrus in the orange.—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2025 The scene’s wallop, which is considerable, comes from White’s reaction — largely silent, with tears pooling in those already watery blue eyes.—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for wallop
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English walopen to gallop, from Old French (Picard dialect) waloper
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