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whacking |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whack \Whack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whacked}; p. pr & vb n. {Whacking}.] [Cf. {Thwack}.] To strike; to beat to give a heavy or resounding blow to to thrash; to make with whacks. [Colloq.] Rodsmen were whackingtheir way through willow brakes. --G. W. Cable. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whacking \Whack"ing\, a. Very large whapping. [Colloq.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whacking adj : (British informal) enormous; "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie" n : the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: {beating}, {thrashing}, {drubbing}, {trouncing}] adv : extremely; "a whacking good story"
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