WHACKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whacking mean? 

• WHACKING (noun)
  The noun WHACKING has 1 sense:

1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

  Familiarity information: WHACKING used as a noun is very rare.

• WHACKING (adjective)
  The adjective WHACKING has 1 sense:

1. (British informal) enormous

  Familiarity information: WHACKING used as an adjective is very rare.

• WHACKING (adverb)
  The adverb WHACKING has 1 sense:

1. extremely

  Familiarity information: WHACKING used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHACKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

beating; drubbing; lacing; licking; thrashing; trouncing; whacking

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)

• WHACKING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(British informal) enormous

Context example:

a whacking lie

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)

• WHACKING (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely

Context example:

a whacking good story