wallop

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A heavy blow, a punch.

   “he gave him a mighty wallop”

   “An' in the twentieth we stood in the middle of the ring an' exchanged wallops even.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A person's ability to throw such punches.

   “this guy's got some wallop”

3. (countable, uncountable)An emotional impact, a psychological force.

   “that film has some serious wallop”

4. (countable, uncountable)A thrill, an emotionally excited reaction.
5. (slang, uncountable)Anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, or whitewash.

   “"You're a gent," said the other, straightening his shoulders again. He appeared not to have noticed Winston's blue overalls. "Pint!" he added aggressively to the barman. "Pint of wallop."”

6. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A thick piece of fat.
7. (Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable)A quick rolling movement; a gallop.

verb

1. (intransitive)To rush hastily.
2. (intransitive)To flounder, wallow.
3. To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.

   “Oure affections boyle within vs, & wallop, frothing as a seething potte.”

4. (transitive)To strike heavily, thrash soundly.

   “Tony got walloped round the face by Mike.”

   ““It’s just like old times. Nearly walloped the life out of me to stop me going away, and now I come back he throws a confounded shovel at my head to keep me out. It grazed my shoulder.””

   “I've been timin' his rushes an' straight-leftin' him, an' meetin' his duck with a wicked little right upper-cut, an' he's shaken me on the jaw an' walloped my ears till my head's all singin' an' buzzin'.”

   “The blizzard walloping the Northeast knocked down power lines and made roads impassable across Massachusetts on Monday, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and stranding vehicles across the state”

   “Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international trading order, war in Ukraine and chaotic U.S. policymaking are facing potentially lasting economic damage.”

5. (transitive)To trounce, beat by a wide margin.

   “The other side are bringing out their B-team, so we have to aim to completely wallop them.”

6. (transitive)To wrap up temporarily.
7. To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.

   “Saluting the far loin of his mare[…]with an energy that made all his accoutrements wallop.”

   “The second act commenced, and the old-fashioned sixpenny waves of Drury did their best, and wallopped about, under a canvas blanket representing the sea, and dashed against the rocks and tall cliffs of the scene to admiration.”

8. To eat or drink with gusto.

   “St. Peter will befriend me then, Because my name is Peter too; I know him for the best of men That ever wallopped barley brew.”

   “A greasy spoon café was found, big brekkies ordered and soon walloped down.”

   “"Huh! Touch o' green was a fig-leaf, I s'pose—hope so, anyhow!" said Mrs. Botlisch, and "wallopped" down another oyster.”

9. (Internet)To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.

name

1. A surname.