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Definition: Wallop |
WallopNoun1. A severe blow. Verb1. Hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy". 2. Defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "wallop" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1853. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Wallop To thrash. Sir John Wallop, in the reign of Henry VIII., was sent to Normandy to make reprisals, because the French fleet had burnt Brighton. Sir John burnt twenty-one towns and villages, demolished several harbours, and "walloped" the foe to his heart's content. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: WallopSynonyms: whack (v), wham (v), whop (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agitation | Agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt; jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate. |
Punishment | Strike; deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite; slap, slap the face; smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet; thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor; lace, lace one's jacket; dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue; beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly; give a black eye. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Wallop |
| English words defined with "wallop": Walloped. (references) |
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Screenplays | I'm gonna wallop her behind and make it look like two Jap flags (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Old Wallop (1927) A Ghostly Wallop (1922) The Wallop (1921) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | United Nations wallop punching Hitler and Mussolini from Tunisia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Boxing; boxer; punch; strike; hit; striking; hitting; wallop; punching bag. | |
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| "Wallop" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 54.90% of the time. "Wallop" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 54.9% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 15.69% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.69% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 13.73% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 51 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "wallop": Flash-wallop. | |
Containing "wallop": crash-bang-wallop-bang-crash. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
wallop | 13 |
middle wallop | 11 |
breaux wallop | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "wallop"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zhdëp (belabor, belabour, drub, lambaste, larrup, trounce, whop), shpullë (clip, clout, slap, swipe), rrah (aim, assess, beat, beat up, castigate, cob, flail, flap, flicker, give a good hiding, give in, lambaste, larrup, lather, lay into, lick, mill, Pat, thrash, thresh, trounce, whop), qëlloj fort (whack, whang), grusht (fist, handful, marrowbones, punch, whack), goditje e fortë (oner, slog, slug, smacker, snifter, staggerer, stinger, swat, swinger, swipe, thump), dorë e rëndë, birrë (ale, beer, malt, table-beer, tap). (various references) | |
Arabic | لكمة (belt, chap, jab, knocking, punch, sock, swing, swipe, uppercut), تقدم متعثرا (flounce, flounder, wallow), تأثير عاطفي, ضربة عنيفة (bang, bash, knock, knockdown, slam, smack, smash, swat, swipe, thwack, whack), ضرب (batter, battery, beat, beat off, belabour, biff, buffet, chastise, connect, curry, description, drub, drubbing, fib, flap, flapping, form, galvanize, genre, go getter, grain, hit, hitting, impact, jabbing, kidney, kind, lace, lace into smb., lam, larrup, let out, lock out, manner, multiplication, multiply, order, overtake, paddle, paste, pasting, patter, poke, pommel, pound, pummel, slash, slosh, sock, sort, stamp, strike, stripe, tan, tanning, thrash, thrashing, thresh, variety, whip), إندفع بتهور, أز من شدة الغليان. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | умение за нанасяне на удар, удрям (bang against, bash, beat, biff, blast, bruise, bust, catch, douse, hammer, heel, hit, impact, jam on, knap, knock, lash, lay, peg at, plump, poke, pole-ax, pound, ram, set, shoot, slam, slam on, smash, smite, strike, strike in, thunder, zap), силен удар (biff, clip, lick, plunk, slog, slosh, smacker, smasher, sock, stinger, swipe, thump, welt, welter, whammy, whang, whop), силен ефект, клокоча (purl), кипя (boil, churn, effervesce, ferment, seethe, work), въргалям се (wallow, welter), вря (boil), налагам (enforce, enjoin, force, force upon, hammer, inculcate, indicate, inflict, levy, necessitate, predicate, punish, ramrod, superimpose, thrust, thrust on, towel), бъхтя (punish, ram, slog, slug), бира (ale, beer, malt liquor), бия (bang, beat, chime, club, curry, feeze, go, hammer, hide, hit, kill, knoll, lace, lather, lay, lick, maul, palpitate, peal, pelt, pulsate, pulse, ram, ramrod, ring, rough up, shoot, strike, swingle, thrash, thresh, welt, whale, whip, whop, zap), подмятам се (wallow). (various references) | |
Czech | zbít (beat up, lick, thrash, trounce), spráskat (thresh), silná rána (slug), pecka (belt, biff, nodule, stone), šupa (belt, whack). (various references) | |
Farsi | سخت زدن(مثل مشت زن), شلاق زدن (Baste, Beat, Belabor, Belt, Cat, Horse, Horsewhip, Leather, Thong, Welt, Whip, Whiplash). (various references) | |
Finnish | rökittää, päihittää (beat, clobber). (various references) | |
French | vlan, taloche, rossée, pet, gnon, fracas, flanquer une raclée, enfoncer, donner un grand coup, coup, cogner, boucan, beigne. (various references) | |
German | vertrimmen (belt), versohlen (belt, leather), versengen (scorch, sear, singe, thrash), verschlagen (artful, board up, bring, cunningly, devious, foxy, sly, slyly, strand, take away, thrash, tricky, underhand, wily), verprügeln (bash, baste, batter, batter about, beat up, bludgeon, knock about, knock around, lambaste, pelt, slog, strap, thrash, thwack, to baste, to lambaste, to slog, to trounce, trounce), verdreschen (bash about, beat up, flay, lam, larrup, thrash, thresh, to larrup), schlagen (bang, bash, bat, batter about, beat, belt, best, biff, birch, blast, break, Bury, capture, chime, clang, clout, defeat, fell, flap, flog, hack out, hit, kick, kill, knock, knock about, knock around, knock out, lap, lash, mint, outride, Pat, pound, pounding, pummel, punch, punching, rattle, rattling, sing, slap, slash, slat, smack, smite, spank, stricken, strike, swat, take, throb, thump, thwack, to bang, to bash, to batter, to blast, to knock (at), to rap, to slap, trim, wash, whip, whip up, whisk), schlag (apoplectic fit, ball, bang, bash, beat, belt, bent, blow, bolt, buffet, chime, chop, clap, clout, clump, cosh, coup, cuff, fit, helping, hit, kick, kind, knock, lash, Pat, pelt, percussion, poke, pulsation, punch, putt, seizure, shock, shot, slap, smack, smash, sock, sort, stinger, strike, stripe, stroke, stroke of apoplexy, swat, tack, tap, thud, thump, thwack, type), durchhauen (chop in two, cleave, split, thrash), dreschen (bandy, bash, flail, slam, slog, slosh, thrash, thrashing, thrashings, thresh, threshing), bier (ale, beer). (various references) | |
Greek | δυνατό χτύπημα (sock). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכ" חזק" (chop, crack). (various references) | |
Hungarian | súlyos ütés, nyakleves (clip, cuff, flap), elnáspángol (belabor, cudgel, Lam, larrup, to belabor, to belabour, to lace, to lay it on sy, to wallop, trounce). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menggelepar (flap, flutter, hover, twitch). (various references) | |
Italian | tonfo (dash, fall, flop, plonk, splash, thud, thump), suonare (chime, clink, perform, play, play through, ring, ring the bell, ring up, sound, strike, tinge, tintinnabulation), percuotere (beat, belt, cuff, hit, knock, maul, strike, thrash, thwack, trounce), cazzotto (punch), birra (ale, beer, bitter, lager). (various references) | |
Manx | bwoalley (assault, bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, belabour, buffet, chime, clap, club, flap, hammer, hit, knock, mint, percussion, play, pound, pulsate, punch, rhythm, ring, rise of penis, scramble, shock, slam, slap, strike, thrash, thresh, throb, toll). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | allopway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | surrar (bash, clapperclaw, drub, lash), sovar (larrup, thrash, thresh, whop), soco (blow, bop, fib, jab, lunge, paste, patten, punch, sabot, sock, socle, stroke, supporting base, thump), pancada violenta (smasher, sockdolager, swipe), murro violento, ferver (boil, burble, fret, gas, seethe, simmer), fazer barulho (burr, chatter, clatter, clutter, jangle, noise, racket, rampage, riot, roister, splutter, vandalize), espancar (bat, beat, belabor, belabour, clobber, lambaste, larrup, lathe, lather, lay into, maltreat, maul, paste, pommel, quilt, spank, swinge, thresh, thwack, trounce, welt, whang, whop). (various references) | |
Romanian | snopi (sheaf, sheave), loviturã straşnicã, bate (bark, baste, bastinado, bay, beat, beat up, beetle, belabour, best, blow, box, bruise, buffet, burst, chastise, chime, clap, club, cob, contend, cuff, curry, dash, defeat, drive, drub, flail, flicker, flog, go, hit, horse, knock, knock in, lace, larrup, lash, lash into, lick, mint, paddle, palpitate, Pat, patter, peal, pound, pulsate, pulse, range, rap, rattle, ring, shake up, shine, slap, smite, sound, spank, strike, swinge, switch, tan, tap, tew, thrash, throb, thwack, tick, tinkle, toll, whip, worst). (various references) | |
Russian | стукнуть тумак, удар (a smack in the eye /in the face/, apoplexy, bash, blow, box, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clap, cob, cut, dash, fit of apoplexy, hit, impact, impingement, jab, kick, knock, loft, lunge, percussion, pick, push, putt, shock, stabbings, stroke, swat, thrust, well-judged blow, welt), сильный удар (bang, bash, biff, clip, humming blow, lick, pelt, plunk, polt, slog, staggerer, swinger, swipe, thwack, whack), бить (baste, beat, beaten, belabour, buffet, catch, chastise, chime, club, drub, hit, kicked, kicking, knock, lambaste, larrup, lick, pound, pummel, run across, smash, strike, thrash, thwack, trounce, whop), поколотить (give a dusting, spat). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | udariti (bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, bump, clock, clout, conk, drive in, hack, hit, jog, knock, paw, percuss, poke, punch, ram, rap, shock, strike, stub, swipe, whack), udarac (beat, blow, bogey, bunt, dig, hit, impact, jolt, lash, lick, puff, punch, stroke, thwack, whack), snaga (brawn, clout, firmness, force, kick, leverage, might, potency, power, rankness, sap, sinew, stamina, strength, sturdiness, vigor, vigour), ključati (boil, bubble, seethe), kipeti (boil, seethe), istući (beat, belabour, drub, thrash, whop, work over). (various references) | |
Spanish | zurrar a (baste), zas (bang, smack, zap), velocidad (fastness, gear, rate, speed, speeding, velocity), rapidez (crier, fastness, intensification, quickness, rapidity, smartness, speed, speeding, suddenness, swiftness, velocity), golpear (bang, bat, beat, beat up on, beetle, bop, buffet, bump, clip, clobber, club, drive, flail, hit, jab, kick, knock, lash, punch, rap, rattle, slam, slap, slice, slog, smash, smite, strike, tee off, thrash, thump, whack), golpe (bang, bat, belt, blow, buffet, concussion, coup, crack, cut, hit, hook, jab, job, kick, knock, pelt, poke, prod, shock, shot, slam, smack, strike, stroke), golpazo (thump). (various references) | |
Swedish | klå upp (bash, beat up, belabor, belabour, cane, chaw up, clout, dress down, Lam, lambaste, lather, paste, paste up, strafe, whop), dänga (beat). (various references) | |
Turkish | yenmek (annihilate, bear down, bear the bell, beat, beat all hollow, best, break, carry away the bell, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, confound, conquer, cut out, defeat, discomfit, down, floor, get the better of, give a beating, knock out, land, lick, master, outbox, outclass, outdo, outgo, overpower, pip, prevail, skunk, slam, smash, subjugate, surmount, swamp, thrash, trim, triumph, trounce, vanquish, wear down, whelm, whip, whop, win over, wipe the floor with smb., worst), sert vurmak (slog, slug, smash, whack), sert darbe, mahvetmek (bang up, bankrupt, barbarize, be ruin of smb., beat smb. hollow, bring to ruin, bugger, bugger up, canker, cook, corrupt, cut up, damn, destroy, devastate, dish, do for, exterminate, finish, kill, knock into a cocked hat, lay in ruins, lay low, make havoc of, play havoc with, pulverize, queer, ruin, sink, skunk, slaughter, smash, smash up, split, take smb. to the cleaners, undo, work havoc, wreck), heyecan (affect, agitation, animation, Ardor, ardour, bang, commotion, dither, drama, emotion, enthusiasm, exaltation, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fever, fire, flap, flurry, flush, flutter, furor, furore, glow, kick, pucker, razzle-dazzle, rhapsody, ruffle, sensation, shiver, spice, spring tide, stir, taking, tension, the shivers, thrill, tingle, twitter, vibes, vibration, warmth, yeast), fokurdamak (boil, boil up, bubble, bubble up, spit), dayak (bashing, basting, beating, birching, caning, chastisement, corporal punishment, dressing down, drubbing, dusting, flogging, fustigation, hiding, lacing, licking, prop, rod, rubdown, sock, the works, thrashing, trimming, whacking, whaling, whipping), dövmek (bash up, baste, batter, beat, beat out, beat up, belabor, belabour, Bray, bruise, cane, castigate, chastise, club, cudgel, drub, dust smb.'s jacket, flail, flog, forge, give a beating, give smb. a thrashing, give the stick, hammer, hide, knock about, knock around, Lam, lam into, lambaste, larrup, lather, lay in, lay into, lick, Mall, maul, pelt, pound, punish, scutch, slog, sock, spifflicate, spiflicate, swage, swinge, tan, thrash, thwack, trounce, whale, whip, whop), bata çıka yürümek (flounder), çok kötü dövmek. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сильно ударити, сильний удар (bang, bash, lick, oner, pelt, plunk, slam, slog, spanker, staggerer, swat, swinger, swipe), сильний вплив, розгромити (kill, overwar, smash, whack), клекотіти, гуркіт (alarm, brattle, clatter, crash, detonation, din, drumming, growl, noise, peal, racquet, roar, thunder, thunder-clap), гупати (clatter, pound, tramp), віддубасити (anoint, beat), збудження (agitation, animation, effervescence, effervescency, exaltation, excitation, excitement, exciting, flush, intoxication, kindling, stimulation, taking, twitter, vivacity), з шумом (pop, slap bang), з гуркотом (noisily), плюхнутися (flop), пиво (ale, beer, tiff). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trận đòn đau rượu bia, cái vụt mạnh. (various references) | |
Welsh | waldio (beat), pwnio (beat, nudge, thump). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "wallop": walloped, walloper, wallopers, walloping, wallops. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "wallop": codswallop. (additional references) | |
Words containing "wallop": codswallops. (additional references) | |
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"Wallop" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: callop, swallop, wallo, wallok, wallon, wallopp, walo, waloe, walop, whallop, willo, willoq, wollop. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "wallop" (pronounced wÄ"lup) |
| 4 | -Ä" l u p | dollop, polyp. |
| 3 | -l u p | develop, envelop, fillip, gallop, Julep, redevelop, scallop, tulip. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-l-o-p-w" | |
-1 letter: allow. | |
-2 letters: alow, awol, olla, opal, pall, pawl, plow, poll, wall. | |
-3 letters: all, alp, awl, lap, law, lop, low, owl, pal, paw, pol, pow, wap, wop. | |
-4 letters: al, aw, la, lo, op, ow, pa, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-l-o-p-w" | |
+1 letter: wallops. | |
+2 letters: plowable, plowland, walloped, walloper. | |
+3 letters: alpenglow, plowlands, wallopers, walloping. | |
+4 letters: alpenglows, codswallop, pillowcase, playfellow. | |
+5 letters: codswallops, pillowcases, playfellows. | |
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