WALLOP
wallop
(noun) a severe blow
impact, wallop
(noun) a forceful consequence; a strong effect; “the book had an important impact on my thinking”; “the book packs a wallop”
wallop
(verb) defeat soundly and utterly; “We’ll wallop them!”
whack, wham, whop, wallop
(verb) hit hard; “The teacher whacked the boy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
wallop (plural wallops)
A heavy blow, punch.
A person's ability to throw such punches.
An emotional impact, psychological force.
A thrill, emotionally excited reaction.
(slang) anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, whitewash.
(archaic) A thick piece of fat.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
Verb
wallop (third-person singular simple present wallops, present participle wallopping or walloping, simple past and past participle wallopped or walloped)
(intransitive) To rush hastily.
(intransitive) To flounder, wallow.
To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
(transitive) To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
(transitive) To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
(transitive) To wrap up temporarily.
To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
To be slatternly.
Etymology 2
Clipping of write to all operators.
Verb
wallop (third-person singular simple present wallops, present participle walloping, simple past and past participle walloped)
(Internet) To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
Proper noun
Wallop (plural er-noun or Wallops)
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Wal"lop, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OFlem. walop a gallop; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gallop.]
Definition: To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Wal"lop, n.
Definition: A quick, rolling movement; a gallop. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Wal"lop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Walloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Walloping.] Etym: [Probably fr. AS. weallan to spring up, to boil or bubble. sq. root147. See Well, n. & v. i.]
1. To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.
2. To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
3. To be slatternly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Wal"lop, v. t.
1. To beat soundly; to flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng., Scot., & Colloq. U. S.]
2. To wrap up temporarily. [Prov. Eng.]
3. To throw or tumble over. [Prov. Eng.]
Wal"lop, n.
1. A thick piece of fat. Halliwell.
2. A blow. [Prov. Eng., Scot., & Colloq. U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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