Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [1528]
2 : to close (an opening) with or as if with a wall <~ up a door>
Synonyms
usually wall in cage, closet, coop, corral, encase, enclose, envelop, fence, hedge, hem, house, immure, pen—more at ENCLOSE
wal·la·by noun, plural wallabies also wallaby : any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos
wall·board noun : a structural material (as of wood pulp or plaster) made in large sheets and used for sheathing interior walls and ceilings
wal·let noun 1 : a bag or sack for carrying things on a journey
2 : a pocketbook with compartments (as for personal papers and usu. unfolded money) : BILLFOLD
wall·eye noun 1 : an eye with a whitish iris or an opaque white cornea
2 : a large vigorous No. American food and sport fish related to the perches
— wall·eyed adjective
wall·flow·er noun 1 : any of several Old World herbs related to the mustards; especially : one with showy fragrant flowers
2 : a person who usu. from shyness or unpopularity remains alone (as at a dance)
Wal·loon noun : a member of a people of southern and southeastern Belgium and adjacent parts of France
— Walloon adjective
1wallop verb [ORIGIN: ME walopen to gallop, fr. OF waloper]
1 : to beat soundly : TROUNCE
2 : to hit hard and often repeatedly
Synonyms
[1] clobber, drub, rout, skunk, thrash, trim, trounce, whip
[2] bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, bludgeon, buffet, club, drub, flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste, lick, maul, pelt, pound, thrash, thump, whale, whip—more at BEAT
2wallop noun 1 : a powerful blow or impact
2 : the ability to hit hard
3 : emotional, sensory, or psychological force : IMPACT
wal·lop·ing adjective 1 : LARGE, WHOPPING
2 : exceptionally fine or impressive
1wallow verb 1 : to roll oneself about sluggishly in or as if in deep mud 2 : to indulge oneself excessively <~ in luxury> 3 : to become or remain helpless <~ in ignorance> 2wallow noun : a muddy or dust-filled area where animals wallow wall·pa·per noun : decorative paper for the walls of a room — wallpaper verb wall–to–wall adjective 1 : covering the entire floor 2 : covering or filling one entire space or time wal·nut noun [ORIGIN: ME walnot, fr. OE wealhhnutu, lit., foreign nut, fr. Wealh Welshman, foreigner + hnutu nut] 1 : a nut with a furrowed usu. rough shell and an adherent husk from any of a genus of trees related to the hickories; especially : the large edible nut of a Eurasian tree 2 : a tree that bears walnuts 3 : the usu. reddish to dark brown wood of a walnut used esp. in cabinetwork and veneers wal·rus noun, plural walrus or wal·rus·es : a large mammal of arctic waters that is related to the seals and has long ivory tusks 1waltz noun [ORIGIN: G Walzer, fr. walzen to roll, dance] 1 : a gliding dance done to music having three beats to the measure 2 : music for or suitable for waltzing 2waltz verb 1 : to dance a waltz 2 : to move or advance easily, successfully, or conspicuously wam·ble verb wam·bled; wam·bling : to progress unsteadily or with a lurching shambling gait Wam·pa·no·ag noun, plural Wampanoag or Wampanoags [ORIGIN: Narragansett, lit., easterners] : a member of an American Indian people of parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts wam·pum noun [ORIGIN: short for wampumpeag, fr. Massachuset (an Algonquian Indian language) wampompeag, fr. wampan white + api string + -ag, pl. suffix] 1 : beads made of shells strung in strands, belts, or sashes and used by No. American Indians as money and ornaments 2 slang : MONEY wan adjective wan·ner; wan·nest 1 : having a sickly, pale color suggestive of ill health : PALLID; also : FEEBLE 2 : DIM, FAINT