whacking

Noun · Adjective · Adverb
Synonyms: beatingthrashinglickingdrubbinglacingtrouncing

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blowsSynonyms: beatingthrashinglickingdrubbinglacingtrouncing

Adjective (1)

  1. (British informal) enormous“a whacking phone bill”“a whacking lie”

Adverb (1)

  1. extremely“a whacking good story”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Whacking \Whack"ing\, a. Very large; whapping. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Whack \Whack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Whacking.] [Cf. Thwack.]

1.To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Rodsmen were whackingtheir way through willow brakes.— G. W. Cable.[1913 Webster]

2.To divide into shares; as, to whack the spoils of a robbery; -- often with up. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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