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Wallop   /wˈɑləp/   Listen
Wallop

noun
1.
A forceful consequence; a strong effect.  Synonym: impact.  "The book packs a wallop"
2.
A severe blow.
verb
(past & past part. walloped; pres. part. walloping)
1.
Hit hard.  Synonyms: whack, wham, whop.
2.
Defeat soundly and utterly.



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"Wallop" Quotes from Famous Books



... boys were pausing to manufacture fresh "ammunition" in the shape of snowballs. "Let us rush up and then pretend to retreat. They'll think they have us on the run, and as soon as they leave the woods and that snowbank, we can turn on 'em again, and wallop 'em." ...
— Dave Porter and His Rivals - or, The Chums and Foes of Oak Hall • Edward Stratemeyer
... the boss! What's your boss to me? Why, if it came to that—what's your boss to me!—Why, you're just a kid that has to be taught; what were you thinking of? If we didn't wallop you imps there'd be no good come of you. That's the regular way of doing things. I, myself, my boy, have come through ...
— Plays • Alexander Ostrovsky
... with unspoken words, he rose, pocketed the pipe, and took a long step toward the table, upon which he planted both his huge hands. As he leaned there, it was plain that he longed for trouble. "I might not!" he mocked, disgusted. "Sure, y' might! For the reason that you ain't the kind that's got a wallop in your fist!" ...
— The Rich Little Poor Boy • Eleanor Gates
... said, "I'm afraid that Joe will 'wallop' you some day if you worry him about his food, for even a gentle dog will sometimes snap at any one who disturbs him at his meals; so you had better not try his patience ...
— Beautiful Joe • Marshall Saunders
... to me," sighed Weary lugubriously, "we mighta managed it without hitting the Old Man a wallop ...
— The Flying U's Last Stand • B. M. Bower


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