wallop
wallop definition
wal·lop (wä′ləp)
intransitive verb
- to move along in a rapid, reckless, awkward way
- to move heavily and clumsily; flounder
- to boil vigorously, with noisy bubbling
Etymology: ME walopen, to gallop < NormFr waloper (OFr galoper): see gallop
transitive verb
- to beat soundly; thrash
- to strike hard
- to defeat overwhelmingly
noun
- Informal, Dialectal a heavy, clumsy movement of the body
- Informal
- a hard blow
- the power to strike a hard blow
- effective force; vigor
- ☆ Informal a feeling of pleasurable excitement; thrill
- Brit., Slang beer
Related Forms:
- walloper wal′·loper noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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