walloped

Definition of wallopednext
past tense of wallop
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Recent Examples of walloped In the East, the Detroit Pistons dispatched the Cleveland Cavaliers, and in the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder walloped LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers by 18 points. Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 May 2026 The two shots gave the Celtics — who had walloped the 76ers in two of the first four games and won another in the clutch — a 13-point third-quarter lead. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026 During that time, the company has also been walloped by tariffs, geopolitical challenges, and industry overcapacity. Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026 O’Neill inexplicably bobbles the snap, tries to pick the ball up instead of diving on it and loses it again when he gets walloped. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026 Illinois residents have been walloped by surging health insurance costs this year. Barbara Hoare, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026 Blizzard conditions continued in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes on Monday after the storm walloped parts of Wisconsin and Michigan with several feet of snow. Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026 Shortly after the company found new ownership via the Retirement Systems of Alabama, COVID walloped the movie theater business — and iPic’s box office revenues and balance sheets never recovered. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026 Democrats had been walloped by Republicans in the congressional midterms two years earlier. Michael Collins, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walloped
Verb
  • As time ran out before the break, Clark pounded the ball to the floor in frustration and voiced some sort of grievance to her head coach, Stephanie White.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • The recent selloff in financial services stocks pounded Amex, too; its shares are down 18% from the all-time high reached in December.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • Maria Wittorp, the hotel’s head concierge, said, with the haste of an auctioneer, standing in the lobby, as blazer-wearing staffers whipped by.
    Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Real estate agents whipped out their phones to put a hard sell on anything east of I-95.
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Alex Call came off the bench and smacked a Matt Gage fastball into right field for a two-run single to take the lead in the sixth inning.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • The two have smacked each other around in the weeks since and traded barbs over their places within the company.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • In previous years, the 31-year-old originally from Chicago might have lashed back when accosted on the ice.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026
  • Lively has maintained this approach was in line with the press tactic laid out for her by Sony, but the internet quickly lashed out at her given the film’s serious subject matter.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • He got clobbered again tonight a bunch.
    Devon Henderson, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • He got clobbered again tonight a bunch.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Andy Pages hit a three-run home run and Max Muncy hit his 12th homer of the season on the next at-bat to break a scoreless game in the fourth inning.
    Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2026
  • For cocktails and nightlife, hit TopGolf or Nola’s for live music then end the night strong with a table at HQ nightclub where resident and guest DJs keep the dance floor bumping and bottle servers keep the bubbly and energy flowing.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Gilgeous-Alexander licked his chops at what Game 1 presented.
    Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • When a boy had licked her neck at a party during the first week of college, a stranger!
    Danielle Parker, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • None of us know yet that the Sparks are about to get trounced by the Aces, losing by 27 points.
    Jade Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Melissa is nationally ranked and trounced Aledo 15-4 in the 2025 state semifinals.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026

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“Walloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walloped. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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