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 fruitNoun
felt the wallop of a car crashing into their front porch
gave the ball a good wallop with the bat
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Verb
Democratic warhorse Ed Markey walloped Seth Moulton, who unconvincingly tried to run left.—
Carine Hajjar,
Washington Post,
3 Sep. 2026 That is to say nothing of periodic smaller disasters, such as last year's Texas floods that engulfed young campers; the Los Angeles wildfires that chewed through entire neighborhoods; and Typhoon Kalmaegi, which walloped Vietnam and the Philippines.—ABC News,
24 Aug. 2026
Noun
The resulting sauce is glossy enough to spy your reflection in its jet black depths, refined yet powerful with its distinct wallop of deep, earthy flavors.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Aug. 2026 In baseball, arguing over which side of the foul pole a fly ball flew is a dispute almost as old as the sport itself, from Whitney’s wallop 139 years ago to a similar controversy Wednesday night in Baltimore.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wallop
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Etymology
Verb
Middle English walopen to gallop, from Old French (Picard dialect) waloper
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