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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Rebecca Tauber, The Athletic, 20 Nov. 2024
Unlike Maryland, however, the Scarlet Knights ended a four-game losing skid Saturday by forging a 26-19 victory over Minnesota — an opponent that walloped the Terps, 48-23, on Oct. 26.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 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
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“Wallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wallop. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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