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Meaning of 'wallop' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wallop [ n.]
- A quick, rolling movement; a gallop.
- A thick piece of fat.
- A blow.
2 . Wallop [ v. i.]
- To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop.
- To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
- To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
- To be slatternly.
3 . Wallop [ v. t.]
- To beat soundly; to flog; to whip.
- To wrap up temporarily.
- To throw or tumble over.

Meaning of 'wallop' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wallop [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a forceful consequence; a strong effect
Example in sentence:
  • the book had an important impact on my thinking;
  • the book packs a wallop
2 . wallop [ v]
Meaning (2):
- hit hard
Example in sentence:
  • He smashed a 3-run homer;
  • The teacher whacked the boy
Meaning (3):
- defeat soundly and utterly
Example in sentence:
  • We'll wallop them!

Nearby Words:

walaway wald waldenses waldensian waldgrave waldheimia wale walhalla waling walk

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