wallop

[US]/ˈwɒləp/
[UK]/ˈwɑːləp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. strike heavily; beat severely; defeat
vi. rush or dash with force; bump; boil
n. heavy blow; impact force; pleasure or thrill (American slang)
Word Forms
Past Tensewalloped
Present Participlewalloping
Past Participlewalloped
Third Person Singularwallops
Pluralwallops

Phrases & Collocations

give a wallop

wallop the ball

Example Sentences

a walloping huge lie.

the script packs a wallop .

The old car walloped down.

Down he went with a wallop!

He walloped me at tennis.

they walloped the back of his head with a stick.

they were tired of getting walloped with income taxes.

Except the centralized load impressed from plane other components and airload, the plane gun bay structure is also endured the wallop of the navigate gun launching.

Real-world Examples

The unicorn boom's superstar investors have been walloped.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

These beams pack a huge wallop, travelling for hundreds of thousands of light years.

Source: Crash Course Astronomy

I remember Mum walloping him with her broomstick.”

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Winter storms have walloped California this year, and snowpack is piling up.

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American October 2019 Collection

A tornado struck an Oregon beach town as strong winds and heavy rain walloped the Pacific Northwest.

Source: AP Listening October 2016 Collection

But then in my 40s, I was just walloped by life.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) June 2022 Compilation

The wind wrestled her for the package-- walloped it, twisted it, shook it, snatched at it.

Source: Storyline Online English Stories

You're the nigger that kicks, and holds carpenter Tibeats by the leg, and wallops him, are ye?

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

Harry felt as though he'd just been walloped in the stomach by one of the mad tree's larger branches.

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

I caution you to treat him as an equal and to treat him with respect he packs a terrific wallop with one of those wings.

Source: The Trumpet Swan

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