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walloper

noun

Etymology

From wallop + -er.

  1. derived from *wel-✻ — “death in battle, killed in battle”
  2. derived from *walhlaup✻ — “battle run”
  3. derived from *klaub-✻ — “to spring, stumble”
  4. derived from *hlaupaną✻ — “to run, leap, spring”
  5. derived from *wala hlaupan✻ — “to run well”
  6. derived from walop — “gallop”
  7. inherited from wallopen — “gallop”
  8. suffixed as walloper — “wallop + er”

Definitions

  1. One who wallops.

  2. A cudgel, a shillelagh.

  3. penis

    penis; (by extension) an idiot, a stupid person.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A police officer.

      • Police! Everyone out! The bloody wallopers are on their way!
      • Two days later we were picked up by the wallopers on Clucas' information.
      • Understandably the wallopers were called, and they cleared everybody out.

    2. Something big

      Something big; a whopper.

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA