wallop
/'wɔləp/
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Definition
Noun:
- A severe blow: A powerful, heavy hit or strike, often causing significant impact or pain.
- A forceful consequence; a strong effect: A powerful impact or effect, not necessarily physical.
Verb:
- To hit very hard: To strike someone or something with great force.
- To defeat soundly and utterly: To beat an opponent decisively, often in a competition or conflict.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- He gave the door a mighty wallop to open it.
- That documentary about climate change really packs a wallop. (It has a powerful emotional/intellectual effect.)
Verb:
- The boxer walloped his opponent with a right hook.
- Our team walloped their rivals in the final match.
Advanced Usage
- "to pack a wallop": To have a powerful effect or impact.
- Her speech packed a real wallop and changed many minds.
- "to deliver a wallop": To administer a powerful blow or effect.
- The new economic policy delivered a wallop to inflation.
Variants and Related Words
- Walloping (noun/adjective): A severe beating, or something very large or impressive.
- They gave the other team a real walloping. (noun)
- He received a walloping fine for speeding. (adjective, meaning very large)
Synonyms
- Noun (blow): Thump, whack, bash, smack.
- Noun (effect): Impact, punch, force.
- Verb (hit): Smash, pound, thrash, whack.
- Verb (defeat): Trounce, thrash, demolish, crush.
Phrasal Verbs / Related Constructions
(Note: "Wallop" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its usage is typically direct.)
Related Idioms
- "to pack a wallop": As described above, this is the primary idiom.
- Be careful with that chili sauce; it packs a wallop!
Noun
- a severe blow
- a forceful consequence; a strong effect
- the book had an important impact on my thinking
- the book packs a wallop
Verb
- defeat soundly and utterly
- We'll wallop them!
- hit hard
- The teacher whacked the boy