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Wallop

noun

A forceful consequence; a strong effect. Synonym: impact. "The book packs a wallop"

A severe blow.

verb

(past & past part. walloped; pres. part. walloping)

Hit hard. Synonyms: whack, wham, whop.

Defeat soundly and utterly.

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"Wallop" Quotes from Famous Books

... shipping clerk morosely, as he picked himself up and dusted off his clothing. "Gee! You got a wallop like the kick ...

— The Day of Days - An Extravaganza • Louis Joseph Vance

... palm-fans, lemonade, peanuts and pop-corn; just right out on the turf, and may the best man win. I know. I went through that. No frame-ups, all square and on the level. A fellow had to fight those days, no sparring, no pretty footwork. Sometimes I've a hankering to get back and exchange a wallop or two. Nothing to it, though. My wife won't let ...

— The Place of Honeymoons • Harold MacGrath

... divil would I be, but Terence Mooney," says he. "It's myself that's in it, you unmerciful bliggards," says he, "let me out, or by the holy, I'll get out in spite iv yes," says he, "an' by jaburs, I'll wallop yes in arnest," ...

— The Purcell Papers - Volume III. (of III.) • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

... "Let's wallop him, then," suggested another, "and teach him better than to come parading himself in our parts. I owe 'em something for the way they served me when I was ...

— The Garies and Their Friends • Frank J. Webb

... the rippling folds of Old Glory, the proud Citizen of the Great Republic declared that we could wallop Great Britain at any Game from Polo up to Prize-Fighting and if we cut down on the Food Supplies the whole blamed Runt of an undersized Island would starve ...

— Knocking the Neighbors • George Ade

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