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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WALLOP, v.i. [See Well.] To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling of the liquor, with noise.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop" [syn: impact, wallop]
2: a severe blow v
1: hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy" [syn: whack, wham, whop, wallop]
2: defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English walopen to gallop, from Old French (Picard dialect) waloper Date: 1579 intransitive verb 1. to boil noisily 2. a. to move with reckless or disorganized haste ; advance in a headlong rush b. wallow, flounder transitive verb 1. a. to thrash soundly ; lambaste b. to beat by a wide margin ; trounce 2. to hit with force ; sock • walloper noun II. noun Date: circa 1823 1. a. a powerful blow ; punch b. something resembling a wallop especially in suddenness of force c. the ability (as of a boxer) to hit hard 2. a. emotional, sensory, or psychological force or influence ; impact <a novel that packs a wallop> b. an exciting emotional response ; thrill 3. British beer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. sl. --v.tr. (walloped, walloping) 1 a thrash; beat. b hit hard. 2 (as walloping adj.) big; strapping; thumping (a walloping profit). --n. 1 a heavy blow; a thump. 2 Brit. beer or any alcoholic drink. Derivatives: walloping n. Etymology: earlier senses 'gallop', 'boil', f. ONF (walop n. f.) waloper, OF galoper: cf. GALLOP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wallop Wal"lop, v. i. [Cf. OFlem. walop a gallop; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gallop.] To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wallop Wal"lop, n. A quick, rolling movement; a gallop. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wallop Wal"lop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Walloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Walloping.] [Probably fr. AS. weallan to spring up, to boil or bubble. [root]147. See Well, n. & v. i.] 1. To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise. [Prov. Eng.] --Brockett. 2. To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 3. To be slatternly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wallop Wal"lop, 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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wallop Wal"lop, n. 1. A thick piece of fat. --Halliwell. 2. A blow. [Prov. Eng., Scot., & Colloq. U. S.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(wallops, walloping, walloped) If you wallop someone or something, you hit them very hard, often causing a dull sound. (INFORMAL) Once, she walloped me over the head with a frying pan. = whack VERB: V n prep • Wallop is also a noun. With one brutal wallop, Clarke flattened him. N-COUNT: usu sing; SOUND

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