wallop

noun

/ˈwɒləp/

/ˈwɑːləp/

[singular] (informal)

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a heavy, powerful hit
Word OriginMiddle 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 the adverb 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.

wallop

verb

/ˈwɒləp/

/ˈwɑːləp/

(informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they wallop	/ˈwɒləp/ /ˈwɑːləp/
he / she / it wallops	/ˈwɒləps/ /ˈwɑːləps/
past simple walloped	/ˈwɒləpt/ /ˈwɑːləpt/
past participle walloped	/ˈwɒləpt/ /ˈwɑːləpt/
-ing form walloping	/ˈwɒləpɪŋ/ /ˈwɑːləpɪŋ/

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wallop somebody/something to hit somebody/something very hard synonym thump
- My father used to wallop me if I told lies.
wallop somebody/something to defeat somebody completely in a contest, match, etc. synonym thrash
- We walloped them 6–0.

Word OriginMiddle 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 the adverb 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.