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walloping

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wal·lop·ing  (wl-png) Informal
adj.
1. Very large; huge: a walloping fish.
2. Very fine; impressive: a walloping success.
adv.
Used as an intensive: a walloping huge lie.
n.
A sound thrashing or defeat.

walloping [ˈwɒləpɪŋ] Informal
n
a thrashing
adj
(intensifier) a walloping drop in sales
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wallopingwalloping - a sound defeat                      
defeat, licking - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
Adj.1.wallopingwalloping - (used informally) very large; "a thumping loss"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
Translations
walloping [ˈwɒləpɪŋ]
A. N to give sb a wallopingdar una paliza a algn, zurrar a algn
B. ADJenorme, colosal
C. ADV a walloping great portion of ice-creamuna porción enorme de helado
walloping (inf)
nPrügel pl (inf), → Abreibung f (inf); (= defeat)Schlappe f (inf); to give somebody a wallopingjdm eine Tracht Prügel geben (inf); (= defeat)jdn fertigmachen (inf); to get a walloping (= defeat)eine Schlappe erleiden (inf)
adj (also walloping great)riesig; pricegesalzen (inf), → saftig (inf); loss, defeatgewaltig (inf); liefaustdick (inf)
walloping [ˈwɒləpɪŋ] (fam)
1. n to give sb a wallopingsuonarle a qn
2. adj (also walloping great) → enorme

walloping [ˈwɒləpɪŋ] (fam)
1. n to give sb a wallopingsuonarle a qn
2. adj (also walloping great) → enorme


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