walloper

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A policeman

1971: Uniformed cops are generally known as 'wallopers', and cops in plain clothes are called 'demons'. These latter, supposed to be disguised, are instantly recognisable. — John O'Grady, Dealing with Cops, from Aussie Etiket, 1971. Quoted in Aussie Humour, Macmillan, 1988, ISBN 0-7251-0553-4, page 200.

Literally, someone who wallops
a gross untruth; a blatant lie
a winner by a wide margin
a winner by a wide margin a very hard hitter
{i} winner by a wide margin; extremely hard hitter ; huge lie; police officer (Slang)
a very hard hitter
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A thrill, emotionally excited reaction
wallop
To boil noisily
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To strike heavily, thrash soundly
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To rush hastily
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A heavy blow, punch
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To write a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server
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An emotional impact, psychological force
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A person's ability to throw such punches
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To flounder, wallow
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To trounce, beat by wide
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To be slatternly
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{v} to boil, bubble up, roll, dance
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hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy"
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To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle
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A quick, rolling movement; a gallop
wallop
beer
wallop
write a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server
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{f} strike, give heavy blow; decisively conquer the opposition
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a severe blow defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!
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to strike heavily, trash soundly
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a severe blow
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{i} heavy blow, thump; ability to give heavy blows; quality of making a strong impression (Informal)
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To beat soundly; to flog; to whip
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defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"
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A thick piece of fat
wallop
If you wallop someone or something, you hit them very hard, often causing a dull sound. Once, she walloped me over the head with a frying pan. = whack Wallop is also a noun. With one brutal wallop, Clarke flattened him. to hit someone or something very hard, especially with your hand (waloper, from galoper; GALLOP)
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emotional impact, psychological force
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To throw or tumble over
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to flaunder, wallow
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To wrap up temporarily
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To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise
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a persons ability to throw such punches
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A blow
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a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop"
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To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop
walloper

    Hyphenation

    wal·lop·er

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'wä-l&p ] (verb.) 1579. Middle English walopen to gallop, from Old North French waloper.
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