wallop

Meanings

Noun

  • A heavy blow, punch.
  • A person's ability to throw such punches.
  • An emotional impact, psychological force.
  • A thrill, emotionally excited reaction.
  • anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, whitewash.
  • A thick piece of fat.
  • A quick rolling movement; a gallop.

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English wallopen, from Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French walop and waloper (compare Old French galoper, whence modern French galoper), from Frankish *wala hlaupan from *wala + *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupanÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *klaub-. Possibly also derived from a deverbal of Frankish *walhlaup from *wal from Proto-Germanic from Proto-Indo-European *wel- + *hlaup from *hlaupan. Compare the doublet gallop.
  • Clipping of write to all operators.

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