verb
wallop
WOL-uhp
verb
1
To hit someone or something very hard.
"He walloped the ball clean out of the park."
"She walloped her brother on the arm for teasing her."
noun
1
A heavy blow, or the force and impact of one.
"The punch landed with quite a wallop."
How to Use Wallop
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo hit hard, or a hard blow, always used informally.
When to use it
Informal — common in casual speech but not formal writing.
Common pairings
pack a wallop
wallop someone
Word Forms
walloped past tense, walloped past tense, wallops plural, Wallops plural, wallops singular, wallops singular
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Etymology
From Old Northern French walop ("gallop"), which is also the root of the modern word "gallop" — the two are historical twins.