Wallop vs Baste - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between wallop and baste

is that wallop is to rush hastily while baste is to sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.

As a noun wallop

is a heavy blow, punch.

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.

References

baste

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(bast)

To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.

* {{quote-news, year=1991, date=June 14, author=J.F. Pirro, title=Custom Work, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=He bastes the coat together with thick white thread almost like string, using stitches big enough to be ripped out easily later. }}

Etymology 2

Verb

(bast)

To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

(by extension) To coat over something

* {{quote-news, year=2001, date=April 20, author=Peter Margasak, title=Almost Famous, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=Ice Cold Daydream" bastes the bayou funk of the Meters in swirling psychedelia, while "Sweet Thang," a swampy blues cowritten with his dad, sounds like something from Dr. John's "Night Tripper" phase. }}

To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.

Etymology 3

Perhaps from the cookery sense of baste or from some Scandinavian source. Compare (etyl) (whence (etyl) ). Compare also (etyl) and (etyl)

Verb

(bast)

To beat with a stick; to cudgel.

* Samuel Pepys

One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters.

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