walloping

/'wɔləpiɳ/
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walloping

The team suffered a walloping defeat in the championship game.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • (informal) Extremely large or impressive: Used to emphasize the great size, amount, or intensity of something.
    • (informal) Very good or remarkable: Can be used to describe something as excellent or extraordinary.

  2. Noun:

    • A severe beating or thrashing: A physical punishment involving many hard blows.
    • A decisive defeat: A sound or thorough defeat, especially in a contest or competition.
Usage and Examples

  • Adjective:

    • The company reported a walloping profit this quarter.
    • He took a walloping great bite out of the sandwich.

  • Noun:

    • As a child, he got a walloping for breaking the window.
    • The team suffered a walloping in the championship game.
Advanced Usage
  • "A walloping of": Used to indicate a large amount of something, often in a figurative sense.
    • The new policy took a walloping of criticism from the public.
Variants and Related Words
  • Wallop (verb/noun): To hit very hard; a heavy blow.
    • Verb: He walloped the ball out of the park.
    • Noun: The boxer was knocked out by a single wallop to the jaw.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Enormous, huge, tremendous, whopping, thumping.
  • Noun (for a beating): Thrashing, drubbing, hiding, licking.
  • Noun (for a defeat): Rout, trouncing, drubbing, debacle.
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • "Give someone a walloping": To beat or defeat someone severely.
    • The older brother gave the bully a good walloping.
  • "Take a walloping": To suffer a severe beating or defeat.
    • Our stocks took a walloping in the market crash.
walloping

The team suffered a walloping defeat in the championship game.

Adjective
  1. (used informally) very large
    • a thumping loss
Noun
  1. a sound defeat

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