Meaning of WALLOP
Pronunciation: | | 'wâlup
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- [n] a severe blow
- [v] defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"
- [v] hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy"
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| Synonyms: | | whack, wham, whop |
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| See Also: | | blow, defeat, hit, overcome | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Wal"lop\, v. i. [Cf. OFlem. walop a gallop; of uncertain
origin. Cf. {Gallop}.]
To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
\Wal"lop\, n.
A quick, rolling movement; a gallop. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
\Wal"lop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Walloped}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Walloping}.] [Probably fr. AS. weallan to spring up, to
boil or bubble. [root]147. 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.]
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