Synonyms
Verb
- bash
- baste
- bat
- batter
- beat
- belabor
- belt
- birch
- bludgeon
- buffet
- bung up
- club
- curry
- do
- drub
- fib [British]
- flog
- hammer
- hide
- lace
- lambaste
- lambast
- lash
- lather
- lick
- maul
- mess (up)
- paddle
- pelt
- pommel
- pound
- pummel
- punch out
- rough (up)
- slate
- slog
- switch
- tan
- thrash
- thresh
- thump
- tromp
- whale
- whip
- whop
- whap
- whup
- work over
Noun
Examples of wallop in a Sentence
Verb
I was so angry I felt like walloping him.
walloped the branches of the pear tree with a stick in an effort to knock down some fruit
Noun
felt the wallop of a car crashing into their front porch
gave the ball a good wallop with the bat
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
The floods walloped southeastern Spanish cities from Malaga to Valencia on Tuesday, Oct. 29, according to the Associated Press.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
But its stock took a 7% wallop last week after the E. coli news came out, and McDonald’s executives have been on a media blitz, assuring customers that any contaminated products have been pulled from the kitchen and the rest of the menu is safe.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Instead of offering viewers a glimpse of the big reveal in each episode, we get walloped with a U-turn over the course of two or three episodes.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
The floods walloped southeastern Spanish cities from Malaga to Valencia on Tuesday, Oct. 29, according to the Associated Press.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
Leafy greens such as kale and collards pack a fiber wallop.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
But its stock took a 7% wallop last week after the E. coli news came out, and McDonald’s executives have been on a media blitz, assuring customers that any contaminated products have been pulled from the kitchen and the rest of the menu is safe.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Wallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wallop. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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