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# wallop

verb (wallop, wallops, walloped, walloping); noun (a wallop, wallops)

«wallop» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) To wallop means to hit something or someone very hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallop/#m1)
2. (informal) A wallop is a hard hit, or the loud noise of a heavy thing falling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallop/#m2)
3. (informal, sport) To wallop a team means to beat them by a lot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallop/#m3)
4. (UK slang, old) Wallop is also an old jokey word for beer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallop/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday talk and comics, «wallop» is a sound word (like «thud») and a strong, funny verb. In sport reports, a team gets walloped 6–0. In safety and kindness lessons, walloping a person is hitting and is not OK. Phrases: «pack a wallop» (be very powerful), «give it a wallop», «walloped by».

### Examples

- The ball walloped against the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallop/#x1)
- Down came the sack of potatoes with a wallop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallop/#x2)
- Our team got walloped 7–0. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallop/#x3)
- He gave the stuck door a wallop and it opened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallop/#x4)
- That chilli sauce packs a real wallop! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallop/#x5)
- In the cartoon, the giant walloped the robot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallop/#x6)

### Note

Informal. Regular verb: walloped, walloping. Adjective: walloping (very big: «a walloping great dog», UK informal). Hitting people is wrong and can be against the law; this word in stories is often comic.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wallop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wallop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wallop.html) on Mova free.