Walloping — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a sound defeat

hit hard

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɔləpˌɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɒləpˌɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɒləpˌɪŋ/

3 syllables Say it as /wˈɔləpˌɪŋ/.

Examples

The teacher whacked the boy
We'll wallop them!
a thumping loss

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

whipping whack wallop whopping wham humongous thumping slaughter trouncing thrashing whop debacle banging drubbing

Parts of Speech

noun	a sound defeat
verb	hit hard “The teacher whacked the boy”
verb	defeat soundly and utterly “We'll wallop them!”
adjective	(used informally) very large “a thumping loss”

Word Forms

thrash	verb	beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
wallop	verb	defeat soundly and utterly
drub	verb	beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
trounce	verb	come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
whip	verb	defeat thoroughly
whack	noun	the act of hitting vigorously
whacking	noun	the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
wallop	noun	a severe blow
walloper	noun	a very hard hitter
walloping	noun	a sound defeat

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

prügeln

eine klare Niederlage

🇫🇷French

phénoménal

une défaite sonore

🇪🇸Spanish

cosa imponente

una derrota sonora

🇮🇹Italian

picchiando

una sonora sconfitta

🇳🇱Dutch

muurvast

een klinkende nederlaag

🇵🇹Portuguese

batendo

uma derrota sonora

🇷🇺Russian

бьющийся

серьезное поражение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मार-पीट

एक गहरी हार

🇮🇳Tamil

மதிற்சுவர்

ஒரு ஒலி தோல்வி

🇮🇳Telugu

గోడలు వేస్తూ

ఒక ధ్వని ఓటమి

🇮🇳Marathi

तटबंदी

एक आवाज पराभव

🇮🇳Gujarati

વૉલોપિંગ

એક ધ્વનિ હાર

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಾಲ್ಲೋಪಿಂಗ್

ಒಂದು ಧ್ವನಿ ಸೋಲು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചുവരുകൾ

ഒരു ശബ്ദ പരാജയം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਾਲੋਪਿੰਗ

ਇੱਕ ਆਵਾਜ਼ ਹਾਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

دیوار سے لگانا

ایک آواز شکست

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

殴打

彻底的失败

🇯🇵Japanese

うねうねする

健全な敗北

🇰🇷Korean

거대한

건전한 패배

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lao vào

một thất bại âm thanh

🇹🇭Thai

กำแพงล้อมรอบ

ความพ่ายแพ้เสียง

🇮🇩Indonesian

pukulan keras

kekalahan telak

🇵🇭Filipino

pagtalbog

isang tunog na pagkatalo

🇲🇾Malay

bergelumang

kekalahan yang mantap

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

يغرق

هزيمة سليمة

🇮🇷Persian

دیوار زدن

یک شکست صوتی

🇹🇷Turkish

yürüyen

sağlam bir yenilgi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מתהפכת

תבוסה קולית

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