walloper

English

Etymology

From wallop +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

walloper (plural wallopers)

1. One who wallops.
2. (Ireland) A cudgel, a shillelagh.
3. (Scotland, slang, derogatory, vulgar) penis; (by extension) an idiot, a stupid person.
4. (Australia) A police officer.
   • 1950, Frank Hardy, Power Without Glory:

     Police! Everyone out! The bloody wallopers are on their way!

   • 2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 84:

     Two days later we were picked up by the wallopers on Clucas' information.

   • 2006, Andrew Stafford, Pig City: From the Saints to Savage Garden, page 106:

     Understandably the wallopers were called, and they cleared everybody out.

5. (slang) Something big; a whopper.
   • 1969, Field & Stream, volume 74, number 1, page 138:

     I'd had some wonderful fishing, but I hadn't landed a real walloper.

Synonyms

• (police officer): see Thesaurus:police officer

Derived terms

• dock walloper
• pot-walloper

Anagrams

• rope wall