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wallop

Pronunciation: /ˈwɒləp/

informal

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Definition of wallop

verb (wallops, walloping, walloped)

[with object]

strike or hit very hard:they walloped the back of his head with a stick figurativethey were tired of getting walloped with income taxes
heavily defeat (an opponent): we were walloped by Milan

noun

1a heavy blow or punch: I gave it a wallop with my boot
[in singular] chiefly North American a powerful effect:the script packs a wallop

2 [mass noun] British alcoholic drink, especially beer: an endless supply of free wallop

Origin:

Middle English (as a noun denoting a horse's gallop): from Old Northern French walop (noun), waloper (verb), perhaps from a Germanic phrase meaning 'run well', from the bases of well¹ and leap. Compare with gallop. From 'gallop' the senses 'bubbling noise of a boiling liquid' and then 'sound of a clumsy movement' arose, leading to the current senses

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