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Meaning of wallop in English
Pronunciation
/ˈwɑləp/
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Verb
wallop
Etymology
Middle English (as a noun denoting a horse's gallop): from Old Northern French walop (noun), waloper (verb), perhaps from a Germanic phrase meaning ‘run well’, from the bases of well and leap. Compare with gallop. From ‘gallop’ the senses ‘bubbling noise of a boiling liquid’ and then ‘sound of a clumsy movement’ arose, leading to the current senses
Definitions
1.
hit hard
Examples
« The teacher whacked the boy »
2.
defeat soundly and utterly
Examples
« We'll wallop them! »
Noun
wallop
Definitions
1.
a forceful consequence
Examples
« a strong effect »
« the book had an important impact on my thinking »
« the book packs a wallop »
2.
a severe blow