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Webster 1913 Edition


Wallop

Wal′lop

,
Verb.
I.
[Cf. OFlem.
walop
a gallop; of uncertain origin. Cf.
Gallop
.]
To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Wal′lop

,
Noun.
A quick, rolling movement; a gallop.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Wal′lop

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Walloped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Walloping
.]
[Probably fr. AS.
weallan
to spring up, to boil or bubble. √147. See
Well
,
Noun.
&
Verb.
I.
]
1.
To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
[Prov. Eng.]
Brockett.
2.
To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
3.
To be slatternly.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Wal′lop

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To beat soundly; to flog; to whip.
[Prov. Eng., Scot., & Colloq. U. S.]
2.
To wrap up temporarily.
[Prov. Eng.]
3.
To throw or tumble over.
[Prov. Eng.]

Wal′lop

,
Noun.
1.
A thick piece of fat.
Halliwell.
2.
A blow.
[Prov. Eng., Scot., & Colloq. U. S.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Wallop

WALLOP

,
Verb.
I.
[See Well.] To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling of the liquor, with noise.

Definition 2024


wallop

wallop

English

Noun

wallop (plural wallops)

  1. A heavy blow, punch.
  2. A person's ability to throw such punches.
  3. An emotional impact, psychological force.
  4. A thrill, emotionally excited reaction.
  5. (slang) anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, whitewash.
    • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four,
      "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."
  6. (archaic) A thick piece of fat.
  7. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

wallop (third-person singular simple present wallops, present participle wallopping, simple past and past participle wallopped)

  1. (intransitive) To rush hastily.
  2. (intransitive) To flounder, wallow.
  3. To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Brockett to this entry?)
  4. (transitive) To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
  5. (transitive) To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
  6. (transitive) To wrap up temporarily.
  7. To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
  8. To be slatternly.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the acronym: write [to] all operators

Verb

wallop (third-person singular simple present wallops, present participle walloping, simple past and past participle walloped)

  1. (Internet) To write a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967