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as in collision
a forceful coming together of two things
felt the wallop of a car crashing into their front porch
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as in punch
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
gave the ball a good wallop with the bat
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as in kick
a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings
she really got a wallop out of finding a rare first edition by her favorite author
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
walloped the branches of the pear tree with a stick in an effort to knock down some fruit
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as in to whip
to defeat by a large margin
walloped their traditional rivals 20 to nothing
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as in to punch
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
arrested for walloping a police officer
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Recent Examples of wallop
Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
There’s no shortage of ways to feel stressed these days, and the holidays pack an extra wallop.
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
Some northern parts of the Golden State could get walloped by 2 feet of snow from this storm.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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Slow & Low Coffee Old-Fashioned: Be careful – this tiny can packs a big wallop.
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The teenaged Charlton walloping ball after ball against the very frame of the ground?
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At the time of January’s collision one controller was handling two positions, the National Transportation Safety Board noted.—
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The asteroid is now logged as a harmless 0, meaning there’s no likelihood of a collision.—
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Mitchell is one of the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners in the world, and Silva is a well-rounded fighter who packs about as heavy a punch as anyone in the featherweight division.—
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Indeed, Sunday could come down to Strong, who has been the one-two punch with Bueckers the Huskies have needed to return to the national title game.—
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The Bears recently signed free agent receiver Devin Duvernay, who had 49 catches for Baltimore in 2022, but his appeal is mostly as a kick returner.—
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The first is velocity, as kick changes clock in faster than the traditional changeups.—
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Marchand has crossed lines by licking players, or repeatedly punching a hockey pacifist like Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin in a final series.—
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Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis are licking their chops.—
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Meister can often immediately identify on an MRI that a pitcher throws a sweeper—a hard slider that the pitcher whips to get about fifteen inches of horizontal movement from the ball.—
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The moment, which made the episode’s final cut, occurs when Drummond whips Mark S. around and pushes him into a wall.—
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Pennsylvania’s drift to the right was the fourth largest of the seven, smack in the middle.—
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Still, the Yankees managed to make things interesting in the ninth inning, as Volpe smacked a three-run homer off Arizona lefty A.J. Puk to cut the deficit to one.—
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Here’s one auction to watch if your car collection is in need of a jolt of electricity.—
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Those types of plays transform the Bulls offense — cracking open a defensive setup, sending a jolt of discouragement through an opposing defender.—
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Image Other economists also said the blow to the labor market, which had cooled before Mr. Trump embarked on his global trade war, could be severe.—
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His ruling, stopping the TPS revocation while the lawsuit plays out in his court, was a blow to the Trump administration.—
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“Wallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wallop. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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