First Known Use: 1579
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1wallop
verb wal·lop \ˈwä-ləp\
: to hit (someone or something) very hard
Full Definition of WALLOP
intransitive verb
1
: to boil noisily
transitive verb
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Origin of WALLOP
Middle English walopen to gallop, from Old French (Picard dialect) waloper
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- Synonyms
- bash, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, fib [British], flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lash, lather, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punch out, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, tromp, beat, whale, whip, whop (or whap), whup, work over
2wallop
noun
Definition of WALLOP
1
a : a powerful blow : punch b : something resembling a wallop especially in suddenness of force c : the ability (as of a boxer) to hit hard
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3
British : beer
See wallop defined for kids First Known Use of WALLOP
circa 1823
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WALLOP Defined for Kids
1wallop
verb wal·lop \ˈwä-ləp\
wal·lopedwal·lop·ing
Definition of WALLOP for Kids
: to hit hard
2wallop
noun
Definition of WALLOP for Kids
: a hard blow
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