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Wallop   Listen
verb
Wallop  v. 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.)





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"Wallop" Quotes from Famous Books



... dashed to the ground, you know, just as I was beginning—"Tell me some more about him," I went on. I'm a plain business man and hang on to an idea like a bulldog; once I get my teeth in they stay in, for all you may drag at me and wallop me with an umbrella—metaphorically ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) • Various
... trial came on at Guildhall, a crowd of those who loved and honoured Baxter filled the court. At his side stood Doctor William Bates, one of the most eminent of the Nonconformist divines. Two Whig barristers of great note, Pollexfen and Wallop, appeared for the defendant. Pollexfen had scarcely begun his address to the jury, when the Chief Justice broke forth: "Pollexfen, I know you well. I will set a mark on you. You are the patron of the faction. This is an old rogue, a schismatical ...
— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 1 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay
... coming out till it saw or heard us, and then it gave a wallop and turned back. Look here, I'll wade in this afternoon ...
— Cormorant Crag - A Tale of the Smuggling Days • George Manville Fenn


Words linked to "Wallop" :   outcome, get the better of, hit, impact, upshot, issue, result, whack, walloper, blow, effect, defeat


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