"walloper" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-walloper.ogg [Australia] Forms: wallopers [plural]
Etymology: From wallop + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|wallop|-er|text=+|tree=1}} From wallop + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} walloper (plural wallopers)
  1. One who wallops.
    Sense id: en-walloper-en-noun-XAvPitD7 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 17 27 21 27 4 4
  2. (Ireland) A cudgel, a shillelagh. Tags: Ireland
    Sense id: en-walloper-en-noun-wNxlEkuq Categories (other): Irish English, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 17 27 21 27 4 4
  3. (Scotland, slang, derogatory, vulgar) The penis. Tags: Scotland, derogatory, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-walloper-en-noun-JrEPyTmp Categories (other): Scottish English, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 17 27 21 27 4 4
  4. (Scotland, slang, derogatory, vulgar, by extension) An idiot; a stupid person. Tags: Scotland, broadly, derogatory, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-walloper-en-noun-v0CKdOxl Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 16 25 24 32 2 2 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 16 25 24 32 2 2 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 16 24 23 34 2 2 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 16 24 23 33 2 2 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 15 25 24 32 2 2 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 23 24 34 1 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 17 27 21 27 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 16 20 21 38 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 23 26 40 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 20 22 40 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 14 16 18 49 2 2
  5. (Australia) A police officer. Tags: Australia Synonyms (police officer): police officer
    Sense id: en-walloper-en-noun-AV3sVPGj Categories (other): Australian English Disambiguation of 'police officer': 0 0 0 0 100 0
  6. (slang) Something big; a whopper. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-walloper-en-noun-0j02cUrn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dock walloper, pot-walloper

Inflected forms

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