walloper
nounEtymology From wallop + -er.
1
One who wallops.
2
Ireland A cudgel, a shillelagh.
3
Scotland, Derogatory, Slang, Vulgar The penis.
4
Scotland, Broadly, Derogatory, Slang, Vulgar An idiot; a stupid person.
5
Australia A police officer.
- Police! Everyone out! The bloody wallopers are on their way!1950, Frank Hardy, Power Without Glory:
- Two days later we were picked up by the wallopers on Clucas' information.2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 84:
1 more example
- Understandably the wallopers were called, and they cleared everybody out.2006, Andrew Stafford, Pig City: From the Saints to Savage Garden, page 106:
6
Slang Something big; a whopper.
- I'd had some wonderful fishing, but I hadn't landed a real walloper.1969, Field & Stream, volume 74, number 1, page 138:
- Synonyms
- police officer
- Derived terms
- dock walloper, pot-walloper