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[ wol-uh-ping ] / ˈwɒl ə pɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR walloping ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna sound beating or thrashing. a thorough defeat. adjectiveimpressively big or good; whopping. adverbextremely; immensely: We ran up a walloping big bill. Origin of wallopingA Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at wallop, -ing1, -ing2 Words nearby wallopingWallonia, Walloon, Walloon Brabant, wallop, walloper, walloping, wallow, Wallowa Mountains, wallower, wall painting, wallpaper Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wallopingAs Washington chewed over the Paul Ryan-Patty Murray budget deal, the Treasury Department announced a walloping drop in red ink. This Is the Golden Age of Deficit Reduction|Daniel Gross|December 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST And following that walloping success, QVC did it all again Wednesday night. Zoe-ing, Zoe-ing, Gone!|Choire Sicha|September 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST If you don't come to your senses, Mrs. Peckaby, you'll get a walloping, to bring you to 'em; and that's about it. Verner's Pride|Mrs. Henry Wood He knew his destination, and had no need to trouble about the ungainly, walloping creature, who kicked him as he passed. The Pointing Man|Marjorie Douie
Is enough as good as a feast, if the former is enough of walloping and the latter is composed of pheasant and champagne? Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870|Various You wouldn't say so if you had seen him walloping me with a hard leather strap. One Day More|Joseph Conrad Night quiet and serene, but dead calm—a fine contrast to the pitching, rolling, and walloping of last night. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 (of 10)|John Gibson Lockhart.
British Dictionary definitions for walloping
adjective(intensifier)a walloping drop in sales Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to wallopinghulking, monster, behemoth, gross, blimp, mammoth, heroic, whaling, big, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, gigantic, huge, humongous, immense, jumbo, massive |