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Meaning of WALLOP

Pronunciation:  'wâlup

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a severe blow
  2. [v]  defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"
  3. [v]  hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy"
 
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 Synonyms: whack, wham, whop
 
 See Also: blow, defeat, hit, overcome

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.]
    
  2. \Wal"lop\, n.
    A quick, rolling movement; a gallop. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
    
  3. \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.
    
  4. \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.]
    
  5. \Wal"lop\, n.
    1. A thick piece of fat. --Halliwell.
    2. A blow. [Prov. Eng., Scot., & Colloq. U. S.]
    
 

 

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