WALLOPING


Meaning of WALLOPING in English

I. adjective

Etymology: from present participle of wallop (II)

1. : outstandingly large in size or degree : whopping

accumulate a walloping collection of institutional freaks — New Yorker

able to get a walloping promotion — A.C.Spectorsky

2. : exceptionally fine or impressive : smashing

a walloping new production — Douglas Watt

the men in the blue-trimmed white … won their last race by a walloping twelve lengths — Newsweek

II. adverb

: terrifically , spanking

going to have a walloping big gas bill — Lippincott's Magazine

a walloping dirty great big umbrella — Richard Llewellyn

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.