| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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