Synonyms for walloping

Most common

whipping · debacle · thrashing · drubbing · tongue lashing

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Adjective

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A series of wallops or blows; a beating.

2. adj. 1

   Whopping, large in size.

   The fishermen came back with a walloping catch.

Forms

Plural

wallopings → thrashings, drubbings, whippings, debacles…

Example sentences

• whipping Tom could feel the air whipping his face as he ran.
• debacle We're fed up with the whole debacle.
• thrashing We gave them a proper thrashing.
• drubbing After its drubbing at the polls, the party has to reinvent itself.

Popularity over time

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

By length

7 letters

banging², debacle³

8 letters

whipping², whopping², thumping², drubbing²

9 letters

slaughter², thrashing², humongous³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (banging² = 2 syllables).