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.

Adjective

1. (used informally) very large
   • a thumping loss

Noun

1. a sound defeat