Wallop
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wallop¹
- /ˈwɒl.əp/ UK
- /ˈwɑ.ləp/ US
Rhymes with -ɒləp
Where it 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.
noun wallops · wallup · wollop
- 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. "You're a gent," said the other, straightening his shoulders again. He appeared not to have noticed Winston's blue overalls. "Pint!" he added aggressively to the barman. "Pint of wallop."
- A thick piece of fat.
- A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
verb wallops · walloping · walloped · wallup · wollop
- To rush hastily.
- To flounder, wallow.
- To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise. Oure affections boyle within vs, & wallop, frothing as a seething potte.
- 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. Saluting the far loin of his mare[…]with an energy that made all his accoutrements wallop.
- To eat or drink with gusto. St. Peter will befriend me then, Because my name is Peter too; I know him for the best of men That ever wallopped barley brew.
wallop²
- /ˈwɒl.əp/ UK
- /ˈwɑ.ləp/ US
Rhymes with -ɒləp
Where it comes from
Clipping of write to all operators.
verb wallops · walloping · walloped · wallup · wollop
- To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
Wallop³
proper noun Wallops
- A surname.
