Wallop vs Knock - What's the difference?
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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.
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(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.
An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood
An impact.
(figurative) criticism
* 2012 , Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Daily Telegraph , 15 November 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/15/mumford-sons-biggest-band-world]
(cricket) a batsman's innings.
(automotive) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition or the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
(dated) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
(dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
* Shakespeare
(ambitransitive, dated) To bump or impact.
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
(colloquial) To denigrate, undervalue.
(soccer) To pass, kick a ball towards another player.
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Wallop is a related term of knock.
As nouns the difference between wallop and knock
is that wallop is a heavy blow, punch while knock is an abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.As verbs the difference between wallop and knock
is that wallop is to rush hastily or wallop can be (internet) to write a message to all operators on an internet relay chat server while knock is (dated) to rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.wallop
English
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)
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Derived terms
* walloper * wallopingEtymology 2
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*knock
English
Noun
(en noun)- I heard a knock on my door.
- He took a knock on the head.
- Since forming in 2007 Mumford & Sons have hard-toured their way to a vast market for throaty folk that's strong on banjo and bass drum. They have released two enormous albums. But, wow, do they take some knocks back home.
- He played a slow but sure knock of 35.
Verb
(en verb)- Knock on the door and find out if they're home.
- Master, knock the door hard.
- I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.
- I accidentally knocked my drink off the bar.
- "The Silver Shoes," said the Good Witch, "have wonderful powers. And one of the most curious things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye. All you have to do is to knock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry you wherever you wish to go."
- Don't knock it until you've tried it.
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