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Walloping   /wˈɔləpɪŋ/   Listen
Walloping

noun
1.
A sound defeat.  Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, whipping.






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"Walloping" Quotes from Famous Books



... wouldn't make such a tearing fuss about this little bit of a walloping, after what's happened, if I was you," said Bart. "There was our differ about who was the jackass, and sich like, that night, you know, which I kinder thought I might as well settle; and then, again, there was your good-by, yesterday; ...
— The Rangers - [Subtitle: The Tory's Daughter] • D. P. Thompson

... for each county—which makes 64—there is no principle which can be exactly applied for classing the boroughs and selecting the great towns, and tho' it would be easy to compensate the close boroughs, it is almost impossible to compensate pot-walloping boroughs.[565] The difficulties here are enhanced by the consideration that in this case private not public interests are concerned. When I thus represent the probability of success, I am aware of the strange volatility of the Irish mind; and I should not be surprised at any sudden ...
— William Pitt and the Great War • John Holland Rose

... roadway that crossed the park from east to west, and between gulps for breath told what he knew. Leaning half out of his saddle, the mounted man listened, believed—and acted. Leaving Cassidy behind, he spurred his bay to a walloping gallop, aiming for the northern confines of the park, and as he travelled, he spread the alarm, gathering up for the man-chase such recruits as two park labourers and a park woodchopper and an automobile party of young men, so that presently ...
— From Place to Place • Irvin S. Cobb

... rush. But his attention was wholly riveted by the fish which swarmed in the sunny depths, and for a time he lay there upon his breast, kicking up his heels and studying the broad-backed carp, some of which old age had decked with patches of greyish mould. There were fat tench, too, walloping about among the lilies, and appearing to enjoy the pleasure of forcing their way in and out among the leaves and stems; while the carp sailed about in the open water, basking in the sunshine, and seemed to find their satisfaction in leaping ...
— The Young Castellan - A Tale of the English Civil War • George Manville Fenn



Words linked to "Walloping" :   defeat, big, wallop, colloquialism, large, licking



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