walloping

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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I wouldn’t mind taking my share of wallopings but I’ve had a darn sight too many.” “It isn’t right to say that word, Mary,” said Una reproachfully. — Rainbow Valley, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
You may think it strange that I should pine for the man, after all the wallopings he had given me, and it is odd, when you come to think of it. — The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
And your father really believes that you're a decorous, well-trained young business man, and whenever you don't live up to that standard you get on his nerves and he thinks you need a walloping. — Penrod, Booth Tarkington

thrashing, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping

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