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Synonyms for wallop

23 synonyms

verb
noun

Most common

knock thump wham thwack

All synonyms

Verb

bang, thump, thwack, knock, beat, wham, smash, whack, pound, maul, spank, thrash, flog, belt, pommel, whop, drub, slap, smack, bonk, pelt, trounce

Noun

Definitions

v. 1
To rush hastily.
n. 1
A heavy blow, a punch.
he gave him a mighty wallop

Related words

Word family: walloper walloping
Phrases: pack a wallop
Other spellings: wallup

Forms

Plural: wallops → impacts…
Past participle: walloped
e.g. walloped → banged, thumped, thwacked, knocked…

Example sentences

knock What should we do if the police knock at our door?
thump Michael's heart started to thump in his chest.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
wallop		rising
knock		rising
thump		rising
wham		rising
thwack		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: beat¹, belt¹, bang¹, slap¹, maul¹, pelt¹, wham¹, flog¹, bonk¹, whop, drub¹
5 letters: knock¹, pound¹, smash¹, smack¹, whack¹, spank¹, thump¹
6 letters: impact², thrash¹, pommel², thwack
7 letters: trounce¹

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (impact² = 2 syllables).