pack a wallop
to have a great impact
TRANSLATION
pack a wallop = grosse Auswirkung haben, zuschlagen, "reinhauen" --- GOOGLE INDEX pack a wallop: approximately 25,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Thunderstorm PACKS A WALLOP: 1,900 customers still without power.
(The Arizona Daily Star)
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"A simple compliment is a small act, but it PACKS A mighty WALLOP"
- anonymous quote
(The Arizona Daily Star)
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"A simple compliment is a small act, but it PACKS A mighty WALLOP"
- anonymous quote
Did you
know?
wallop
noun
- a forceful consequence or a strong effect
wallop
verb
- to hit hard or defeat soundly, utterly
(The Free Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
To pack a wallop is to have a large impact on something or someone. To describe a really good and exciting film for instance, reviewers often say "the film really packs a wallop." A forceful storm can be said to pack a wallop as well. Our favourite example though is a 73-year-old grandmother in Methley, Leeds who can pack a wallop (or pack a punch) like someone 50 years younger:
Ms. Dyson, one of the UK's oldest to hold a black belt in the martial arts, sprung into action when she thought a thief was trying to steal her handbag only to discover it was a woman friend trying to get her attention. "I hit her on the hand, causing a bad bruise. It was awful and embarrassing. I didn't realise my own strength."
Mrs Dyson, who is a regular at Total Fitness gym in Wakefield, took up karate 10 years ago with grandson Simon, 16. She promised her late husband, Desmond, that she would work at it until she got a black belt." I was never belt conscious but my husband pushed me on. Karate gives you a lot of confidence." But because she has osteoporosis, she can't go leaping around and high-kicking, she said.
(source: Financial Times)
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SYNONYMS
wallop (noun)
bash, belt, blow, bop, bump, clash, collision, crash, haymaker, impact, jar, jolt, kick, percussion, punch, shock, slam, slug, smack, smash, thump, thwack, whack
wallop (verb)
bam, bash, batter, belt, blast, boff, bop, buffet, bushwhack, clobber, drub, hide, lambaste, paste, pelt, plant one, pound, pummel, punch, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, sock, strike, swat, take out, tan, thrash, thump, whack, wham, whomp, zap
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Be careful with that schnapps, it really packs a wallop."
noun
- a forceful consequence or a strong effect
wallop
verb
- to hit hard or defeat soundly, utterly
(The Free Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
To pack a wallop is to have a large impact on something or someone. To describe a really good and exciting film for instance, reviewers often say "the film really packs a wallop." A forceful storm can be said to pack a wallop as well. Our favourite example though is a 73-year-old grandmother in Methley, Leeds who can pack a wallop (or pack a punch) like someone 50 years younger:
Ms. Dyson, one of the UK's oldest to hold a black belt in the martial arts, sprung into action when she thought a thief was trying to steal her handbag only to discover it was a woman friend trying to get her attention. "I hit her on the hand, causing a bad bruise. It was awful and embarrassing. I didn't realise my own strength."
Mrs Dyson, who is a regular at Total Fitness gym in Wakefield, took up karate 10 years ago with grandson Simon, 16. She promised her late husband, Desmond, that she would work at it until she got a black belt." I was never belt conscious but my husband pushed me on. Karate gives you a lot of confidence." But because she has osteoporosis, she can't go leaping around and high-kicking, she said.
(source: Financial Times)
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SYNONYMS
wallop (noun)
bash, belt, blow, bop, bump, clash, collision, crash, haymaker, impact, jar, jolt, kick, percussion, punch, shock, slam, slug, smack, smash, thump, thwack, whack
wallop (verb)
bam, bash, batter, belt, blast, boff, bop, buffet, bushwhack, clobber, drub, hide, lambaste, paste, pelt, plant one, pound, pummel, punch, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, sock, strike, swat, take out, tan, thrash, thump, whack, wham, whomp, zap
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Be careful with that schnapps, it really packs a wallop."
