Verb
I was so angry I felt like walloping him. walloped the branches of the pear tree with a stick in an effort to knock down some fruitNoun
felt the wallop of a car crashing into their front porch
gave the ball a good wallop with the bat
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For the last eight months, ever since Donald Trump walloped Kamala Harris to reclaim the presidency, Democratic politicians, political interest groups and media pundits of all stripes have debated what happened and why.—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 8 July 2025 Both died as Winter Storm Blair walloped the region.—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
The Caeser salad was simple, but the dressing carried a wallop of flavor.—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025 Told in a sharp, self-deprecating, first-person point of view, this small town, Southern mystery packs a big wallop.—Connie Ogle, Boston Herald, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for wallop
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English walopen to gallop, from Old French (Picard dialect) waloper
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