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Drub vs Wallop - What's the difference?

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Drub is a related term of wallop.


As verbs the difference between drub and wallop

is that drub is to beat (someone or something) with a stick while wallop is to rush hastily or wallop can be (internet) to write a message to all operators on an internet relay chat server.

As a noun wallop is

a heavy blow, punch.

drub

English

Verb

  • to beat (someone or something) with a stick
  • to forcefully teach something
  • to defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush
  • to criticize harshly; to excoriate
  • Anagrams

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    wallop

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . Compare the doublet gallop.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A heavy blow, punch.
  • A person's ability to throw such punches.
  • An emotional impact, psychological force.
  • A thrill, emotionally excited reaction.
  • (slang) anything produced by a process that involves boiling; Beer, tea, whitewash.
  • * 1949 , ,
  • "You're a gent," said the other, straightening his shoulders again. He appeared not to have noticed Winston's blue overalls. "Pint!" he added aggressively to the barman. "Pint of wallop ."
  • (archaic) A thick piece of fat.
  • (UK, Scotland, dialect) A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
  • Derived terms
    * (beer) codswallop

    Verb

    (wallopp)
  • To rush hastily
  • To flounder, wallow
  • To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
  • (Brockett)
  • To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
  • To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
  • To wrap up temporarily.
  • To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
  • (Halliwell)
  • To be slatternly.
  • (Halliwell)

    Derived terms

    * walloper * walloping

    Etymology 2

    From the acronym: w'rite]] [to] '''all''' [[operators, ' op erators

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Internet) To write a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
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