whacking

whack·ing  (hwkng, wk-) Chiefly British Slang

adj.

Very large; huge.

adv.

Very; extremely.

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whacking

Noun

Old-fashioned a severe beating

Adverb

Brit, Austral & NZ informal extremely: a whacking great elm

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 (Informal) huge, big, large, giant, enormous, extraordinary, tremendous, gigantic, great, monstrous, mammoth, whopping (informal) prodigious, elephantine, humongous or humungous U.S. (slang)