wallop
Syllables: wal·lopUK/ˈwɒl.əp/US/ˈwɑ.ləp/
wallop noun: a heavy blow, a punch.
Noun
wallop (countable and uncountable, plural wallops)
- A 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
- A person's ability to throw such punches.
- this guy's got some wallop
- An emotional impact, a psychological force.
- that film has some serious wallop
- A thrill, an emotionally excited reaction.
- Anything 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
- A thick piece of fat.
- A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
Verb (1)
wallop (third-person singular simple present wallops, present participle walloping, simple past and past participle walloped)
- To rush hastily.
- To flounder, wallow.
- 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
- To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
- Tony got walloped round the face by Mike.
- “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
- To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
- The other side are bringing out their B-team, so we have to aim to completely wallop them.
- To wrap up temporarily.
- 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
- 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
- To eat or drink with gusto.
- 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
- A greasy spoon café was found, big brekkies ordered and soon walloped down.2010, William Routledge, Oh Yes, Oh Yes, We are the PPS
Verb (2)
wallop (third-person singular simple present wallops, present participle walloping, simple past and past participle walloped)
Proper noun capitalized: Wallop
Wallop (plural Wallops)
- A surname.
wallop meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
wallop in Tamil
- மொத்தடி, மொத்து, தடுமாற்ற நடை, மகிழ்ச்சியூட்டம், கடுமையாக அடி, நையப்புடை
wallop in Urdu
- چابک لگانا, کوڑے مارنا, پیٹنا
wallop in Malayalam
- അടിക്കുക, പൊതിരെ തല്ലുക, പ്രഹരിക്കുക
Examples of wallop in a sentence
- 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:
- Botlisch, and "wallopped" down another oyster.2019, Mary S. Watts, The Tenants: An Episode of the '80s:
Forms of wallop
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wallops |
| alternative form | wallup |
| alternative form (archaic) | wollop |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | wallops |
| present participle | walloping |
| past participle | walloped |
| past | walloped |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Wallops |
Origin of wallop
From Middle English wallopen (“gallop”), from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old Northern French walop (“gallop”, noun) and waloper (“to gallop”, verb) (compare Old French galoper, whence modern French galoper), from Frankish *wala hlaupan (“to run well”) from *wala (“well”) + *hlaupan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run, leap, spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *klaub- (“to spring, stumble”). Possibly also derived from a deverbal of Frankish *walhlaup (“battle run”) from *wal (“battlefield”) from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (“dead, victim, slain”) from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“death in battle, killed in battle”) + *hlaup (“course, track”) from *hlaupan (“to run”). Compare the doublet gallop.
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Questions about wallop
- What does wallop mean?
- Wallop means a heavy blow, a punch.
- What is wallop in Tamil?
- Wallop in Tamil is மொத்தடி, மொத்து, தடுமாற்ற நடை. See Wallop meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use wallop in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is wallop?
- Wallop can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wallop?
- Wallop is pronounced /ˈwɒl.əp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of wallop?
- The plural of wallop is wallops.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wallop (page history and authors); Wallop (page history and authors); wallop (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wallop (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wallop (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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