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Word: Wallop
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English (as a noun denoting a horse's gallop): from Old Northern French walop (noun), waloper (verb), perhaps from a Germanic phrase meaning ‘run well’, from the bases of well and leap. Compare with gallop. From ‘gallop’ the senses ‘bubbling noise of a boiling liquid’ and then ‘sound of a clumsy movement’ arose, leading to the current senses
ˈwɒləp
strike or hit very hard
Short Definition:strike or hit very hard
Examples:- they walloped the back of his head with a stick
- they were tired of getting walloped with income taxes
Word: Wallop
Speech Type: Noun
ˈwɒləp
a heavy blow or punch
Short Definition:heavy blow or punch
Examples:- I gave it a wallop with my boot
alcoholic drink, especially beer
Short Definition:alcoholic drink
Examples:- an endless supply of free wallop
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