Verb: wallop wó-lup
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Hit hard
"The teacher wallopd the boy";
- sock [informal], bop [informal], whop [informal], whap [N. Amer, informal], bonk [informal], bash [informal], clonk [informal], boink [N. Amer, informal], whack [informal], wham [informal], lamp [UK, informal], clock [UK, informal], belt [informal]
- Defeat soundly and utterly
"We'll wallop them!"
Usage: informal
- A severe blow
"The boxer delivered a wallop that knocked out his opponent"
- A forceful consequence; a strong effect
"the book packs a wallop";
- impact
Derived forms: walloped, walloping, wallops
Type of: blow, consequence, defeat, effect, event, get the better of, hit, issue, outcome, overcome, result, upshot
Encyclopedia: Wallop, John