walloping — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Whopping, large in size.

   Uso

   • gergo

   Esempi

   The fishermen came back with a walloping catch.

2. Of exceptional, impressive quality.

   Uso

   • gergo

Avverbio

1. Used to emphasize the size or extent.

   Esempi

   a walloping big lie

Sostantivo

1. A series of wallops or blows; a beating.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   And your father really believes that you're a decorous, well-trained young business man, and whenever you don't live up to that standard you get on his nerves and he thinks you need a walloping.

2. Verbal abuse.

   Uso

   • broadly
   • figurato

   Sinonimi

   tongue lashing

   Esempi

   For forgetting to pick up the package again, my boss gave me a walloping.

   Altri esempi (1)

   But it might better be applied to Trump’s social media spat with Elon Musk. It’s hard to think of two pueri aeterni who are more deserving of a verbal walloping.

3. A thrashing, serious defeat.

   Uso

   • broadly
   • figurato

Aggettivo

1. (used informally) very large

   Sinonimi

   humongousbangingthumpingwhopping

   Esempi

   a thumping loss

Sostantivo

1. a sound defeat

   Sinonimi

   thrashingdebacledrubbingslaughtertrouncingwhipping

   Termini più generali

   defeatlicking