wallop.
A heavy blow, a punch.
Meaning & usage
A heavy blow, a punch.
he gave him a mighty wallop
A person's ability to throw such punches.
this guy's got some wallop
An emotional impact, a psychological force.
that film has some serious wallop
A thrill, an emotionally excited reaction.
Anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, or whitewash.
A thick piece of fat.
A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English wallopen (“gallop”), from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old Northern French walop (“gallop”, noun) and waloper (“to gallop”, verb) (compare Old French galoper, whence modern French galoper), from Frankish *wala hlaupan (“to run well”) from *wala (“well”) + *hlaupan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run, leap, spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *klaub- (“to spring, stumble”). Possibly also derived from a deverbal of Frankish *walhlaup (“battle run”) from *wal (“battlefield”) from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (“dead, victim, slain”) from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“death in battle, killed in battle”) + *hlaup (“course, track”) from *hlaupan (“to run”). Compare the doublet gallop.
To rush hastily.
To flounder, wallow.
To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
Tony got walloped round the face by Mike.
To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
The other side are bringing out their B-team, so we have to aim to completely wallop them.
To wrap up temporarily.
To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
To eat or drink with gusto.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English wallopen (“gallop”), from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old Northern French walop (“gallop”, noun) and waloper (“to gallop”, verb) (compare Old French galoper, whence modern French galoper), from Frankish *wala hlaupan (“to run well”) from *wala (“well”) + *hlaupan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run, leap, spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *klaub- (“to spring, stumble”). Possibly also derived from a deverbal of Frankish *walhlaup (“battle run”) from *wal (“battlefield”) from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (“dead, victim, slain”) from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“death in battle, killed in battle”) + *hlaup (“course, track”) from *hlaupan (“to run”). Compare the doublet gallop.
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Clipping of write to all operators.
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