real walloper
- noun
- Archaic
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crack
- Everyone in the office knows Susan is a real walloper when it comes to closing tough sales.
Examples
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If you need results fast, hire Tom—he’s a real walloper at solving complex problems.
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That new chef is a real walloper in the kitchen—her dishes are always outstanding.
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Tom is a real walloper in sales.
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She has become a real walloper in her field!
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Everyone in the office knows Susan is a real walloper when it comes to closing tough sales.
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If you need results fast, hire Tom—he’s a real walloper at solving complex problems.
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That new chef is a real walloper in the kitchen—her dishes are always outstanding.
Synonyms
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7.3
A person who is very skilled at something like math or computers
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8.6
A person or thing that is unusually good
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6.7
A person or thing that is very successful and impressive
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8.2
A person who is among the best in a field
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6.5
A very big success, like a popular film
A person who does a lot of work very well
Something very fast or impressive
A person who has a big success in a difficult situation
A person or team that wins by a large margin
Antonyms
How Impressive
- Archaic
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a straightforward composition of the intensifier 'real' (very/really) plus 'walloper' (someone who achieves a lopsided victory), so 'real walloper' = a very impressive or highly effective person is directly derivable from the parts. This follows a standard intensifier + noun pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the phrase's meaning.
Etymology
Real walloper may come from the word wallop, which means a hard hit, so picture a boxer giving a strong hit. That's why a 'real walloper' describes someone who is very good at getting results.