Smite vs Wallop - What's the difference?
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(lb) To hit.
*(Bible), (w) v.39:
*:Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
*1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), , Ch.IV:
*:"Right you are!" I cried. "We must believe the other until we prove it false. We can't afford to give up heart now, when we need heart most. The branch was carried down by a river, and we are going to find that river." I smote my open palm with a clenched fist, to emphasize a determination unsupported by hope.
To strike down or kill with godly force.
To injure with divine power.
To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
*(William Wake) (1657-1737)
*:Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him.
To strike with love or infatuation.
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*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:the charms that smite the simple heart
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 , ,
(archaic) A thick piece of fat.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
To rush hastily
To flounder, wallow
To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
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.
To be slatternly.
Smite is a related term of wallop.
As verbs the difference between smite and wallop
is that smite is (lb) to hit 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.smite
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Verb
Anagrams
* (l), (l), (l), (l), , (l), (l), (l), (l) ----wallop
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Compare the doublet gallop.Noun
(en noun)- "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 ."
Derived terms
* (beer) codswallopVerb
(wallopp)- (Brockett)
- (Halliwell)
- (Halliwell)
