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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