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walloping

waw luh ping

  • n  a sound defeat
  • v  hit hard
  • v  defeat soundly and utterly
  • s  (used informally) very large

  • Maximilian Adelbert Baer, 50, perpetually clowning prizefighter who won 66 out of 80 fights (51 knockouts) by haphazard training and a walloping right, delighted in knocking out .
  • Apart from the big, obvious things--love, death, children--most of the really walloping emotional highs and lows of my life have involved watching Liverpool.
  • For this walloping and many before, Pat is grateful: "We all thought Mama the greatest, and I tell her now that she can spank me any time she likes.
Quotes

  • Brad Childress in West Central Tribune
    Within an inch of their life,Childress said. "You just tell them you're not going to impress me, the coaches, anybody, by coming up and walloping somebody. It's not the way you do it in professional football. We want to see people playing...
  • David Orr in Southtown Star
    Even though TIF revenue dipped, taxpayers still contributed a walloping $875 million into funds with little transparency and less accountability,Orr said.
  • John Paddock in Canoe.ca
    He's an honest player,said Paddock. "He was frustrated and his team was frustrated. He bumped the goalie for no reason, he took a terrific walloping in the fight and he just reacted to it."

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