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WHACKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Synonyms:
beating; drubbing; lacing; licking; thrashing; trouncing; whacking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("whacking" is a kind of...):
corporal punishment (the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whacking"):
flagellation; flogging; lashing; tanning; whipping (beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment)
flagellation (beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation)
Derivation:
whack (hit hard)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(British informal) enormous
Example:
a whacking lie
Classified under:
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb whack
IV. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extremely
Example:
a whacking good story
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