walloping

walloping
/wol"euh ping/, Informal.
n.
1. a sound beating or thrashing.
2. a thorough defeat.
adj.
3. impressively big or good; whopping.
adv.
4. extremely; immensely: We ran up a walloping big bill.
[1350-1400; ME; see WALLOP, -ING1, -ING2]

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