Whacking

adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A beating. countable
  2. 2
    the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows wordnet
  3. 3
    Alternative form of waacking (“dance style”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of whack form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Exceptionally large; whopping (often followed by an adjective such as great or big). informal, not-comparable

    "1762, Thomas Bridges, A Burlesque Translation of Homer, London: S. Hooper, 1772, Book 7 of Homer’s Iliad, p. 289, […] all our grannies tell us how He kill’d a whacking great dun cow;"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (British informal) enormous wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    to an abnormal extent wordnet

Synonyms

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awfulawfullybangingbeatingbeatingbig

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"A little old woman foiled the robbery by whacking the thief on the head with her cane."

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