WALLOPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does walloping mean? 

• WALLOPING (noun)
  The noun WALLOPING has 1 sense:

1. a sound defeat

  Familiarity information: WALLOPING used as a noun is very rare.

• WALLOPING (adjective)
  The adjective WALLOPING has 1 sense:

1. (used informally) very large

  Familiarity information: WALLOPING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WALLOPING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sound defeat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

debacle; drubbing; slaughter; thrashing; trouncing; walloping; whipping

Hypernyms ("walloping" is a kind of...):

defeat; licking (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)

Derivation:

wallop (defeat soundly and utterly)

• WALLOPING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used informally) very large

Synonyms:

banging; humongous; thumping; walloping; whopping

Context example:

a thumping loss

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)