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[ˈwɒləp], (Verb)
Definitions:
- strike or hit very hard
(e.g: they walloped the back of his head with a stick)
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Origin
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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], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a heavy blow or punch
(e.g: I gave it a wallop with my boot)
- alcoholic drink, especially beer
(e.g: an endless supply of free wallop)
Phrases:
Origin
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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
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