whacking (n.)

  1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

    [ Syn: beating , thrashing , licking , drubbing , lacing , trouncing ]

    whacking (adv.)

  1. extremely; a whacking good story'

    whacking (adj.)

  1. (British informal) enormous; a whacking phone bill; a whacking lie'

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