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wollop

wollop is the archaic spelling of wallop.

Meaning of wallop

Noun

wallop (countable and uncountable, plural wallops)

  1. A heavy blow, a punch.
    • he gave him a mighty wallop
  2. A person's ability to throw such punches.
    • this guy's got some wallop
  3. An emotional impact, a psychological force.
    • that film has some serious wallop
  4. A thrill, an emotionally excited reaction.
  5. (slang, uncountable) 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
  6. (archaic) A thick piece of fat.

See all 17 meanings of wallop

Forms of wollop

Noun
pluralwollops
Verb
third-person singular presentwollops
present participlewolloping
past participlewolloped
pastwolloped

Questions about wollop

What is wollop the archaic spelling of?
Wollop is the archaic spelling of wallop.

Words near wollop in the dictionary

  1. Wollombi
  2. Wollomombi
  3. Wollondilly
  4. Wollongbar
  5. Wollongong
  6. wollop
  7. wolloped
  8. wolloping
  9. wollopings
  10. wollops
  11. Wollschlager

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