wallop

Definition

  • verb: to hit (someone or something) very hard
  • verb: to boil noisily
  • often used figuratively
  • synonyms: gallop, waddle, flog

Examples

  • Unlike her last album, her new release 'packs a wallop'. [=it is forceful and energetic]

  • He got 'walloped' in the finals. [=he was easily defeated in the finals]

  • The comedy packs an unexpected emotional 'wallop'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) That.... you go and hammer nails with it all day... come back and it'll cut dead center on target every time. It's got a really nice action to it and a heck of a wallop. You interested in an automatic? It's a colt. automatic. It's a nice little gun. It's a beautiful little gun. Holds six shots (..)
    1976 Taxi Driver