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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
.] 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.
Definition 2024
wallop
wallop
English
Noun
wallop (plural wallops)
- A heavy blow, punch.
- A person's ability to throw such punches.
- An emotional impact, psychological force.
- A thrill, emotionally excited reaction.
- (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."
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four,
- (archaic) A thick piece of fat.
- (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
Derived terms
- (beer): codswallop
Translations
a heavy blow, punch
Verb
wallop (third-person singular simple present wallops, present participle wallopping, simple past and past participle wallopped)
- (intransitive) To rush hastily.
- (intransitive) To flounder, wallow.
- To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Brockett to this entry?)
- (transitive) To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
- (transitive) To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
- (transitive) To wrap up temporarily.
- To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- 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)
- (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