释义 |
wallop /wolˈəp/ transitive verb- To beat soundly, thrash
- To strike with force
intransitive verb- To move with noisy lumbering haste
- To flounder
- To gallop (obsolete)
- To bubble and boil (perh a different word)
- To flap about (Scot)
noun- A plunging movement (informal)
- A heavy blow (informal)
- A powerful impression (informal)
- Physical or financial power (informal)
- A gallop (obsolete)
- A flapping rag (Scot)
- Beer (slang)
adverb- With a wallop
- Heavily or noisily
ORIGIN: ONFr waloper (Fr galoper) relating to the obs verb sense above; cf gallop wallˈoper noun - Someone who or something that wallops
- Something enormous (informal)
- A policeman (old Aust sl)
wallˈoping noun A sound thrashing adjective- That wallops
- Enormous, bouncing, whopping (often as an intensifier; informal)
wallop in a tow or tether (Scot) To be hanged |