wallop

plural wallops · alternative wallup · alternative archaic wollop

1. countableuncountableA heavy blow, a punch.

   he gave him a mighty wallop

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   An' in the twentieth we stood in the middle of the ring an' exchanged wallops even.

   1913 October, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC

2. countableuncountableA person's ability to throw such punches.

   this guy's got some wallop

3. countableuncountableAn emotional impact, a psychological force.

   that film has some serious wallop

4. countableuncountableA thrill, an emotionally excited reaction.
5. slanguncountableAnything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, or whitewash.

   "You're a gent," said the other, straightening his shoulders again. He appeared not to have noticed Winston's blue overalls. "Pint!" he added aggressively to the barman. "Pint of wallop."

   1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four

6. archaiccountableuncountableA thick piece of fat.
7. ScotlandUKcountabledialectaluncountableA quick rolling movement; a gallop.

present singular third person wallops · participle present walloping · participle past walloped · past walloped · alternative wallup · alternative archaic wollop

1. intransitiveTo rush hastily.
2. intransitiveTo flounder, wallow.
3. To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.

   Oure affections boyle within vs, & wallop, frothing as a seething potte.

   1579, Laurence Thomson, A wee note on Calvin's (wordy) sermons

4. transitiveTo strike heavily, thrash soundly.

   Tony got walloped round the face by Mike.

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   “It’s just like old times. Nearly walloped the life out of me to stop me going away, and now I come back he throws a confounded shovel at my head to keep me out. It grazed my shoulder.”

   1902, Joseph Conrad, To-morrow

   I've been timin' his rushes an' straight-leftin' him, an' meetin' his duck with a wicked little right upper-cut, an' he's shaken me on the jaw an' walloped my ears till my head's all singin' an' buzzin'.

   1913 October, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC

   The blizzard walloping the Northeast knocked down power lines and made roads impassable across Massachusetts on Monday, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and stranding vehicles across the state

   2026 February 24, Christina Morales, Jenna Russell, “Snowstorm Is ‘as Bad as I’ve Seen It,’ Massachusetts Governor Says”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international trading order, war in Ukraine and chaotic U.S. policymaking are facing potentially lasting economic damage.

   2026 March 12, Patricia Cohen, “Fallout From Iran War and Oil Shock Deliver Another Blow to World Economy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

5. transitiveTo trounce, beat by a wide margin.

   The other side are bringing out their B-team, so we have to aim to completely wallop them.

6. transitiveTo wrap up temporarily.
7. To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.

   Saluting the far loin of his mare[…]with an energy that made all his accoutrements wallop.

   1822, James Hogg, Siege of Roxburgh

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   The second act commenced, and the old-fashioned sixpenny waves of Drury did their best, and wallopped about, under a canvas blanket representing the sea, and dashed against the rocks and tall cliffs of the scene to admiration.

   1872, Joseph C. Hart, Miriam Coffin: Or, The Whale-fisherman, page 208

   It gave him such a shock, he snorted and bolted off down the street at a clackety clumping gallop, with Miss Swozzlepot squalling and bumping up and down and the knight walloping all over the saddle[.]

   1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 58

8. To eat or drink with gusto.

   A greasy spoon café was found, big brekkies ordered and soon walloped down.

   2010, William Routledge, Oh Yes, Oh Yes, We are the PPS

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   St. Peter will befriend me then, Because my name is Peter too; I know him for the best of men That ever wallopped barley brew.

   1910, Hilaire Belloc, On Something - Volume 10, page 69

   "Huh! Touch o' green was a fig-leaf, I s'pose—hope so, anyhow!" said Mrs. Botlisch, and "wallopped" down another oyster.

   2019, Mary S. Watts, The Tenants: An Episode of the '80s

present singular third person wallops · participle present walloping · participle past walloped · past walloped · alternative wallup · alternative archaic wollop

1. InternetTo send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.

plural Wallops

1. A surname.