wallop

[ wol-uhp ]
/ ˈwɒl əp /

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

noun

Origin of wallop

1300–50; Middle English walopen to gallop, wal(l)op gallop < Anglo-French waloper (v.), walop (noun), Old French galoper, galop; see gallop

SYNONYMS FOR wallop

3 trounce, rout, crush, best.

OTHER WORDS FROM wallop

wal·lop·er, noun out·wal·lop, verb (used with object)

Words nearby wallop

wallis, wallis and futuna islands, wallonia, walloon, walloon brabant, wallop, walloper, walloping, wallow, wallowa mountains, wallower

British Dictionary definitions for walloper (1 of 2)

walloper
/ (ˈwɒləpə) /

noun

a person or thing that wallops
Australian slang a policeman

British Dictionary definitions for walloper (2 of 2)

wallop
/ (ˈwɒləp) /

verb -lops, -loping or -loped

noun

verb, noun

an obsolete word for gallop

Word Origin for wallop

C14: from Old Northern French waloper to gallop, from Old French galoper, of unknown origin

Idioms and Phrases with walloper

wallop

see pack a punch (wallop).