whacking

whack·ing

 (wăk′ĭng, hwăk′-) Chiefly British Slang

adj.

Very large; huge.

adv.

Very; extremely.

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whacking

(ˈwækɪŋ)

adj

enormous

adv

(intensifier): a whacking big lie.

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whack•ing

(ˈʰwæk ɪŋ, ˈwæk-)

adj.

very large.

[1800–10]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whacking - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, lacing corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime flogging, lashing, whipping, flagellation, tanning - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment flagellation - beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
Adj.	1.	whacking - (British informal) enormous; "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech 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 big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
Adv.	1.	whacking - extremely; "a whacking good story"

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whacking

adjective huge, big, large, giant, enormous, extraordinary, tremendous, gigantic, great, monstrous, mammoth, whopping (informal), prodigious, elephantine, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) Your coat's got a whacking great tear up the back.

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Translations

ξύλο

enorme

whacking

[ˈwækɪŋ]

A. ADJ (esp Brit) (also whacking great) → grandote, enorme
a whacking (great) book → un tocho de libro

B. N → zurra f
to give sb a whacking → zurrar a algn, pegar a algn

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whacking

[ˈ^hwækɪŋ]

adj (British) (= enormous) → un vache de (une)before n

adv → vachement
a whacking great hole → un trou vachement gros

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whacking

adj (Brit inf) → Mords- (inf); a whacking lie → eine Mordslüge (inf); whacking great → riesengroß; a whacking big book (also US) → ein Monstrum nt → von (einem) Buch (inf); he earns a whacking £100,000 a year (also US) → er verdient mordsmäßige £ 100.000 pro Jahr (inf)

n

(= beating) → Keile f (inf); to give somebody a whacking → jdm Keile or eine Tracht Prügel verpassen (inf)

(inf: = defeat) we got a real whacking → sie haben uns richtig in die Pfanne gehauen (inf)

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whacking

[ˈwækɪŋ]

1. adj (fam) (also whacking great) → enorme

2. n (spanking) → sculacciata (fig) → batosta

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