Thesaurus results for WALLOPS

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noun

plural of wallop

as in collisions

a forceful coming together of two things felt the wallop of a car crashing into their front porch

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as in blows

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument gave the ball a good wallop with the bat

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as in kicks

a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings she really got a wallop out of finding a rare first edition by her favorite author

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wallops

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verb

present tense third-person singular of wallop

as in licks

to strike repeatedly walloped the branches of the pear tree with a stick in an effort to knock down some fruit

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as in buries

to defeat by a large margin walloped their traditional rivals 20 to nothing

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as in slaps

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner arrested for walloping a police officer

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Noun

The slight sweetness of the gravy-less curry is tempered with wallops of miso while curry powder seasons the ground beef more than adequately. — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 June 2026 In 2022 and 2024, there were similar blank stretches, but both seasons ended with major wallops to Florida — Hurricanes Ian and Nicole in 2022, and Hurricanes Helene and Milton last year. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025

Verb

And even the smallest nibble wallops with a potent vegetal bitterness. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026 Finally, Outie Mark and Gemma are reunited, and the mix of joy and relief and love on Adam Scott and Dichen Lachman’s faces as their characters take each other in wallops you. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025 Gove will have a lot on his plate if winter wallops the city. — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025

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Noun

The department maintains an early intervention system that flags officers based on risk factors, such as a relatively high volume of civilian complaints, frequent use of force, and involvement in preventable traffic collisions or pursuits.

— Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Astronomers investigating mysterious flashes of X-rays believe that these blasts could stem from collisions between neutron stars, the events that forge elements like gold, silver, and platinum.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of collisions

Noun

Ditka and Ryan had an often adversarial relationship, with the two nearly coming to blows during halftime of the team's only 1985 season loss, to the Miami Dolphins.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Even with a human controlling the machine remotely, LaPenna was still trading blows with a heavy metal robot capable of putting real force behind its movements.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of blows

Noun

Beamer’s acumen in the game’s third phase comes from father, Hall of Famer Frank Beamer, whose Virginia Tech teams won games by blocking kicks and using trick plays.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Those machines were also controlled by human operators, and the matches included punches, kicks and knockdowns.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of kicks

Verb

That glib self-confidence is present in McNamara, who licks the doughnut glaze off his fingers before offering his hand to the female detective questioning the one living Jason.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Later, a woman protractedly licks blue ice cream from a cone, her attempts thwarted by ferocious gusts of wind and sand.

— Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of licks

Verb

Everyone stress-tests the checkout, then quietly buries returns, cancellations and subscription pauses.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
The winter months pass, long nights, a bomb cyclone that buries my basement windows in snow and leaves me to lurk in the dark like a slumbering bear, and then spring arrives abrupt and clanging and golden.

— Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of buries

Noun

However, this is a stellar opportunity to dig into excellent, authentic Thai dishes (no punches held on sour or spice), and the Thai Wok Omelet with blue crab and morning glory at breakfast is exceedingly memorable.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
The fight took a physical toll on LaPenna The physical side of the fight became pretty clear once LaPenna started trading punches with the robots.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of punches

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