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Definition of "wallop" []

  • To beat soundly; thrash. (verb-transitive)
  • To strike with a hard blow. (verb-transitive)
  • To defeat thoroughly. (verb-transitive)
  • To move in a rolling, clumsy manner; waddle. (verb-intransitive)
  • To boil noisily. Used of a liquid. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wallop" in a sentence
  • "Lidia theorizes that pasta alla puttanesca soared to popularity here in the 1970s because authentic Italian ingredients such as cured olives and cured capers were just becoming available, so the dish delivered what she calls a "wallop of flavor" that keeps people making it right up to today."
  • "The eggs and cheese pack a protein wallop, while the brown rice adds whole grains."
  • "Johnny's "wallop" was quite enough; more than enough, as the slender one might learn to his sorrow."