wallopping
wallopping is the present participle and gerund of wallop.
Meaning of wallop
Verb
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.
- 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.
Questions about wallopping
- What is wallopping the present participle and gerund of?
- Wallopping is the present participle and gerund of wallop.
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