Walmart
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Walmart
Where it comes from
The company name is likely an abbreviation for “Walton’s Mart”, after its founder, Sam Walton; Walton's choice of the name was inspired by the example of FedMart (more at Walmart § History on Wikipedia). The name was originally spelled Wal-Mart and later changed to Walmart.
proper noun Walmarts · Wal-Mart
- A chain of large, discount department stores (most of which also sell groceries), originating in the United States and later spreading to several other countries. It’s pretty obvious if you are a coffee drinker that Starbucks ain’t the Walmart of coffee.
verb Walmarts · Walmarting · Walmarted · Wal-Mart
- To shop at Walmart. Next we went Walmarting, where Shanti picked up more stuff for college, like sports bras in purple, white, and black and a hot water heater for dormitory tea parties.
- To outcompete, or drive out of business, by one's superior size and market share. Small farms make it difficult for the flu to spread, unlike in America where poultry majors have Walmarted individual farmers out of business.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: grocery, window-shop, wagon, shop, waltz, wrestle, wain, outshop, walt, wade, wank, facebook, walk, wreck shop, wank off, wrest
Talk about this word "Walmart." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/walmart. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Walmart. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/walmart "Walmart." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/walmart.Cite this
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