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Synonyms for walloping

Grammar : Adj
Spell : wol-uh-ping
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒl ə pɪŋ

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Définition of walloping

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to gallop," possibly from Old North French *waloper (13c.), probably from Frankish *walalaupan "to run well" (cf. Old High German wela "well" and Old Low Franconian loupon "to run, leap"). The meaning "to thrash" (1820) and the noun meaning "heavy blow" (1823) may be separate developments, of imitative origin. Related: Walloped; walloping.
  • adj giant
Example sentences :
  • You wouldn't say so if you had seen him walloping me with a hard leather strap.
  • Extract from : « One Day More » by Joseph Conrad
  • Then, for the love of Pete, wotcha doin' walloping off'n her like a sack of potatoes?
  • Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
  • “It was some walloping, too,” said Old Hundred, with a reminiscent grin.
  • Extract from : « Penguin Persons & Peppermints » by Walter Prichard Eaton
  • Just remember the walloping we gave you the last time you were here.
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team » by Lester Chadwick
  • I ain't forgot that hop, skip and jump, walloping Australian tornado!
  • Extract from : « Gadsby » by Ernest Vincent Wright
  • "Well, not since my dad gave me a walloping last," laughed the boy.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Boys in the Mines » by James R. Mears
  • Such a walloping as you gave me I never had before in my life.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Boys in the Mines » by James R. Mears
  • What a walloping I'll give him in the morning when it's light!
  • Extract from : « A Little Boy Lost » by W. H. Hudson
  • Before he got to the bottom even the Bird had galloped by, walloping his showy screw.
  • Extract from : « Second String » by Anthony Hope
  • I was just more than walloping him, when suddenly I remembered the tearful injunctions of Mr. Hopsby.
  • Extract from : « A Man of Samples » by Wm. H. Maher
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