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How to use wallop in a sentence

21 example sentences · noun, verb

Wallop means a heavy blow, a punch. Example: “Tony got walloped round the face by Mike.”

Examples of wallop by meaning

nounA heavy blow, a punch.

  • he gave him a mighty wallop
  • 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

nounA person's ability to throw such punches.

  • this guy's got some wallop

nounAn emotional impact, a psychological force.

  • that film has some serious wallop

nounAnything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, or whitewash.

  • "Pint of wallop."1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four

verbTo strike heavily, thrash soundly.

  • Tony got walloped round the face by Mike.
  • 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.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

verbTo trounce, beat by a wide margin.

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

verbTo 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

More sentences with wallop

  • He could wallop two dozen large rossogollas in one sitting without batting an eyelid.2018, Monila De, Unforgettable Kalimpong. From the entry rossogolla
  • It was only after he stood up that he realized how much of a wallop they packed.2013, Lara Lacombe, Deadly Contact, page 12. From the entry sneaky
  • These cheeses may be described as zesty, horseradishy, or pungent, and they can pack a wallop.2012, Laurel Miller, Thalassa Skinner, Culture Magazine, Creating the Perfect Cheese Plate In a Day For Dummies. From the entry horseradishy
  • It was a smart move to start with banger racing, as the crashes, prangs and wallops caused genuine needle.2016 April 5, Michael Hogan, “Drive, review: Vernon Kay's sexed up Top Gear entertains”, in The Daily Telegraph. From the entry banger racing
  • “I feel like I've been walloped with a Birmingham screwdriver!”2014, RJ Smith, Cataclysm, Storyteller Entertainment, LLC, →ISBN. From the entry Birmingham screwdriver
  • “You did come down a wallop, didn't you?1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry neurotic
  • When he flipped her over, to give her a lovepat or two, how suddenly the spank became a clout, became a wallop.2012, Martin Amis, Lionel Asbo, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 117. From the entry lovepat
  • Mardy Fish walloped the final shot of the match for a winner, and he let loose a jubilant roar of his own.2010 March 27, “Tennis: Venus wins”, in USA Today, retrieved 22 Jul 2011. From the entry let loose
  • He would be willing to wallop anyone with a knuckle sandwich (knuckle sandwiches, not knives or guns, were big back then) who messed with me.2002, Tony Young, Dalton Higgins, “Cleft Palate/Harelip”, in Much Master T: One VJ's Journey, Toronto, Ont.: ECW Press, →ISBN, page 30. From the entry knuckle sandwich
  • Tall and ungainly, Jantzen could wallop a baseball over the outfielders, but he was an "ice wagon"—too slow to get past third.1987, Bill O'Neal, The Texas League, 1888–1987: A Century of Baseball, Austin, T.X.: Eakin Press, →ISBN, page 290. From the entry ice wagon
  • If you all want a word together in private you may have it, but you'll be silly if you use the opportunity to cook up a dish of cod’s wallop.1972, Ngaio Marsh, Tied up in Tinsel, page 382. From the entry cod's wallop

Meaning of wallop

  1. noun A heavy blow, a punch.
  2. noun A person's ability to throw such punches.
  3. noun An emotional impact, a psychological force.

Full definition of wallop

Questions about wallop in a sentence

How do you use wallop in a sentence?
Wallop is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Tony got walloped round the face by Mike.”
What is a short sentence with wallop?
“"Pint of wallop."”
What does wallop mean?
Wallop means a heavy blow, a punch.

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