to wallop
2
7.3
- verb
- /ˈwɑːləp/
- Informal
:
golpear
- She wallops him in the face with the back of her hand.
- really wallop
If you're doing the right things, pleasure, if you're doing the wrong things or not doing something you should be doing, like working hard, then walloped with pain, you get.
- If you're doing the right things, pleasure, if you're doing the wrong things or not doing something you should be doing, like working hard, then walloped with pain, you get.
Examples
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Frankie, now behind Tom, wallops him in the small of the back.
Fiction book (1990) -
She really knows how to wallop a punching bag during her workouts.
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You move, woman, or I will wallop you good and hard!
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If I do anything, he'll just wallop me.
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Sorry I had to wallop you, professor.
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If she gives you any trouble, wallop her.
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I thought for a minute she was going to wallop me, so I stepped back.
Fiction book (2002) -
If he does, wallop him so he can't sit down for three weeks.
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Adrian just lay there and covered his face with his arms and let them wallop him.
Fiction book (1996) -
More punches follow as she wallops him all over the diner.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
To strike someone or something with force
553
2.4
To hit someone or something with force
492
1.0
Hit quickly with the flat part of the hand
455
1.4
To hit someone or something quickly with a closed fist
323
2.3
To close or hit something with great force and make a loud noise
250
5.5
To hit someone or something hard so it makes a loud sound
225
1.3
To hit something again and again very hard
164
3.5
To hit someone or something with an open hand
73
2.9
To hit someone or something very hard
57
3.2
To hit something or someone hard and repeatedly
46
3.4
To hit someone or something quickly and lightly
46
6.7
Hit something many times, usually with your fists
43
7.9
To hit someone or something very hard
23
8.8
To hit someone repeatedly with a heavy stick or club
19
7.7
To hit someone or something very hard many times
13
7.5
Hit something hard so it breaks or opens
10
4.6
To hit someone or something very hard, often with the fist
8
3.7
To hit something quickly to make a short sharp sound
4
6.1
To hit someone or something hard with your head
3
3.7
Hit someone or something very hard
3
8.0
To hit something hard with a flat object so it makes a loud sound
1
6.1
To hit someone quickly in a light, playful way
1
9.9
To hit someone or something hard
1
8.1
To hit something or someone hard and make a loud sound
1
8.6
To hit forcefully with the hand or a flat object
1
6.3
To hit something hard so it moves or gets damaged
1
8.9
Hit someone or something quickly and hard
1
9.0
To hit someone or something hard, often by accident
To hit something very hard
To hit something suddenly with great force
Happening with a sudden loud crash
To hit something quickly with a short, sharp blow
To hit something hard so it makes a loud sound
To hit someone hard so they fall down
To hit something very hard with your fist or a bat
Antonyms
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb wallop goes back to an old local verb walopen meaning 'to hit', and you can think of the word as copying the sound of a hard strike, which is why to wallop someone is to hit them very hard.