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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: walloper /ˈwɒləpə/ n - a person or thing that wallops
- Austral slang a policeman
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wal•lop /ˈwɑləp/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to beat soundly;
thrash. - Informal Termsto strike hard;
sock:He walloped them with his stick. - Informal Termsto defeat thoroughly, as in a game.
n. [countable] - a hard blow.
- the ability to deliver hard blows:His fists pack a wallop.
- the ability to make a strong impression or to be very effective:That ad campaign packs quite a wallop.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wal•lop (wol′əp),USA pronunciation v.t. - to beat soundly;
thrash. - Informal Termsto strike with a vigorous blow;
belt; sock:After two strikes, he walloped the ball out of the park. - Informal Termsto defeat thoroughly, as in a game.
- Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot.]to flutter, wobble, or flop about.
v.i. - Informal Termsto move violently and clumsily:The puppy walloped down the walk.
- (of a liquid) to boil violently.
- [Obs.]to gallop.
n. - a vigorous blow.
- the ability to deliver vigorous blows, as in boxing:That fist of his packs a wallop.
- Informal Terms
- the ability to effect a forceful impression;
punch:That ad packs a wallop. - a pleasurable thrill;
kick:The joke gave them all a wallop.
- [Informal.]a violent, clumsy movement;
lurch. - [Obs.]a gallop.
- Anglo-French waloper (verb, verbal), walop (noun, nominal), Old French galoper, galop; see gallop
- Middle English walopen to gallop, wal(l)op gallop 1300–50
wal′lop•er, n. - 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged trounce, rout, crush, best.
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