Synonyms
Verb
- bash
- baste
- bat
- batter
- beat
- belabor
- belt
- birch
- bludgeon
- buffet
- bung up
- club
- curry
- do
- drub
- fib [British]
- flog
- hammer
- hide
- lace
- lambaste
- lambast
- lash
- lather
- lick
- maul
- mess (up)
- paddle
- pelt
- pommel
- pound
- pummel
- punch out
- rough (up)
- slate
- slog
- switch
- tan
- thrash
- thresh
- thump
- tromp
- whale
- whip
- whop
- whap
- whup
- work over
Noun
Examples of wallop in a Sentence
Verb
I was so angry I felt like walloping him.
walloped the branches of the pear tree with a stick in an effort to knock down some fruit
Noun
felt the wallop of a car crashing into their front porch
gave the ball a good wallop with the bat
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
But after Hurricane Andrew walloped Miami-Dade in 1992, AshBritt the landscaping company became involved as a subcontractor, introducing Perkins to the disaster response field.
—Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2025
Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
In the new movie Unstoppable, star Jharrel Jerome takes some heavy blows as real-life wrestler Anthony Robles — but costar Jennifer Lopez packed an emotional wallop of an introduction into the world-premiere screening for the project, which was produced by her now ex, Ben Affleck.
—EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
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Verb
The first fires ignited on Tuesday afternoon as potent Santa Ana winds walloped Southern California and escalated the spreading of the already potent blazes.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
But after Hurricane Andrew walloped Miami-Dade in 1992, AshBritt the landscaping company became involved as a subcontractor, introducing Perkins to the disaster response field.
—Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
His subsequent refusal proves Durin IV’s point (with a wallop that sends him across the room providing a punctuation mark).
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
In the new movie Unstoppable, star Jharrel Jerome takes some heavy blows as real-life wrestler Anthony Robles — but costar Jennifer Lopez packed an emotional wallop of an introduction into the world-premiere screening for the project, which was produced by her now ex, Ben Affleck.
—EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Wallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wallop. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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