Whackage

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    whacking; beating slang, uncountable

    "Claire's version of "nun" comes mostly from her mother: tales of habit-clad monsters with cruel eyes and implements of whackage — rulers, paddles, sticks, Bibles."

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"Claire's version of "nun" comes mostly from her mother: tales of habit-clad monsters with cruel eyes and implements of whackage — rulers, paddles, sticks, Bibles."

Etymology

From whack + -age.

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