Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which wallops.
  • noun A pot-walloper.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who wallops.
  • noun Ireland A cudgel, a shillelagh.
  • noun Australia, slang, humorous A policeman, a male police officer.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a very hard hitter
  • noun a winner by a wide margin
  • noun a gross untruth; a blatant lie

Etymologies

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From wallop +‎ -er.

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Examples

  • Every clodhopper an 'cow-walloper these days is an able seaman.

    CHAPTER II 2010

  • He soon found work as a "pot walloper," or dishwasher, at a restaurant on the Hudson River piers in New York.

    Fast Food That Won the West 2010

  • Perfectly calmly, reasonably, and without visible emotion, they were rehearsing a formula which even I, ignorant staff-walloper that I was, could see was one for disaster.

    The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

  • The conductor blinked uncertainly; J.B. tended to have that effect on folk, and the four of us were sufficiently large and ugly to daunt the stoutest ticket-walloper.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • Franz-Josef glowered at the doctor and said it would be unwise to move me, surely, and the poultice-walloper agreed that it would be nothing short of bloody reckless.

    Watershed 2010

  • He soon found work as a "pot walloper," or dishwasher, at a restaurant on the Hudson River piers in New York.

    Fast Food That Won the West 2010

  • There was an embarrassed staff-walloper on the platform at Chicago to convoy our hero to General Sheridan forth-with, and from little Phil we learned that Sherman had sent word that the Sioux expedition was definitely to proceed without Custer.

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • He soon found work as a "pot walloper," or dishwasher, at a restaurant on the Hudson River piers in New York.

    Fast Food That Won the West 2010

  • So when the poultice-walloper shook his head over Oliver, and glanced towards me, lying there all blood-spattered and pathetic, I was ready with a feeble gesture to keep him at a distance - the last thing I wanted was the little bugger poking at me and exclaiming:

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • Franz-Josef glowered at the doctor and said it would be unwise to move me, surely, and the poultice-walloper agreed that it would be nothing short of bloody reckless.

    Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999

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  • Australian slang - police officer.

    April 25, 2011

  • Used in the Same Context

    Basket Maker · atomism · bloodlust · constitutionalism · kleptomaniac · micromanagement · office-seeker

    April 25, 2011