Football Language: Walloped
The verb ‘
to wallop‘ means to hit or beat someone or something but in football it has the meaning of heavily defeating another team. So, when we say Tottenham
walloped Arsenal 5-1 in the semi-final we mean that Tottenham heavily defeated Arsenal. The verbs ‘
to thrash‘A and ‘
to blow away‘ are other ways of saying this, while it also has a similar meaning to the phrase ‘
comprehensive victory‘. We often hear this verb used in the passive form, so for instance, ‘Brazil
were walloped by Germany in the semi-final’ which means that Germany defeated Brazil; they thrashed Brazil.
- Example: The USA were walloped 4-0 by Costa Rica in their World Cup qualifier.
- Example: Belgium walloped Estonia 8-1 in a recent World Cup qualifier.
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