VERB | contact | wallop, whack, wham, whop | hit hard |
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competition | wallop | defeat soundly and utterly | |
NOUN | phenomenon | wallop, impact | a forceful consequence |
act | wallop | a severe blow |
Sounds | waa'lahp | |
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Rhymes | archbishop ... worship: 69 rhymes with ahp... |
Meaning | A forceful consequence; a strong effect. | |
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Example | "the book packs a wallop" | |
Synonym | impact | |
Broader | consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot | A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon |
Spanish | consecuencia, efecto, impacto | |
Catalan | impacte |
Meaning | A severe blow. | |
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Broader | blow | A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon |
Spanish | golpazo, trastazo, zurra | |
Verbs | wallop | hit hard |
Meaning | hit hard. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The fighter managed to wallop his opponent | |
Synonyms | whack, wham, whop | |
Broader | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
Spanish | zurrar | |
Nouns | wallop | a severe blow |
walloper | a very hard hitter |
Meaning | defeat soundly and utterly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "We'll wallop them!" | |
Broader | get the better of, overcome, defeat | win a victory over |
Spanish | derrotar completamente, derrotar totalmente | |
Nouns | walloper | a winner by a wide margin |
walloping | a sound defeat |
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