wallop
A heavy blow, a punchA heavy blow, a punch.
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» That brand of tequila really packs a wallop.
Эта марка текилы хорошо ударяет в голову. — odexed
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7 senses(countable, uncountable)A heavy blow, a punch.
he gave him a mighty wallop
harter Schlag
си́льный уда́рsílʹnyj udár
a severe blow
(countable, uncountable)A person's ability to throw such punches.
this guy's got some wallop
(countable, uncountable)An emotional impact, a psychological force.
that film has some serious wallop
(countable, uncountable)A thrill, an emotionally excited reaction.
(slang, uncountable)Anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, or whitewash.
(Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable)A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A thick piece of fat.
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Origin
From Middle English wallopen (“gallop”), from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old Northern FrenFrom Middle English wallopen (“gallop”), from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old Northern French walop (“gallop”, noun) and waloper (“to gallop”, verb) (compare Old French galoper, whence modern French galoper), from Frankish *wala hlaupan (“to run well”) from *wala (“well”) + *hlaupan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run, leap, spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *klaub- (“to spring, stumble”). Possibly also derived from a deverbal of Frankish *walhlaup (“battle run”) from *wal (“battlefield”) from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (“dead, victim, slain”) from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“death in battle, killed in battle”) + *hlaup (“course, track”) from *hlaupan (“to run”). Compare the doublet gallop.
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Forms
plural: wallopsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a forceful consequence; a strong effect:impact
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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