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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The weather system has already walloped parts of Iowa and Nebraska with 4-inch, softball-sized hail and destructive 70-mph winds on April 17, days ahead of the holiday weekend.—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025 The Yankees — darlings of torpedo-bat makers everywhere — have walloped 22.—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
All of it made for a happy-sad combination that packed a wallop and made for one of the best sets of the day.—John Lonsdale, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2025 The track also gives a potent reminder that Shelton still knows just how to deliver a wallop of a heart-tugging song.—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 17 Mar. 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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