WALLOP

wallop

Noun

  1. A heavy blow, punch.
  2. A person's ability to throw such punches.
  3. An emotional impact, psychological force.
  4. A thrill, emotionally excited reaction.
  5. anything produced by a process that involves boiling; Beer, tea, whitewash.
  6. A thick piece of fat.
  7. A quick rolling movement; a gallop.

Verb

  1. To rush hastily
  2. To flounder, wallow
  3. To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
  4. To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
  5. To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
  6. To wrap up temporarily.
  7. To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
  8. To be slatternly.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To write a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.


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