walloping

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English

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Adjective

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walloping (comparative more walloping, superlative most walloping)

  1. (slang) whopping, large in size.
  2. (slang) of exceptional, impressive quality.

Noun

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walloping (plural wallopings)

  1. A series of wallops or blows; a beating.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Verbal abuse.
    Synonym: tongue lashing
    For forgetting to pick up the package again, my boss gave me a walloping.
  3. (figuratively, by extension) A thrashing, serious defeat.
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Verb

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walloping

  1. present participle and gerund of wallop