whacking
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whack·ing
(wăk′ĭng, hwăk′-) Chiefly British Slangadj.
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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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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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whacking
[ˈwækɪŋ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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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)
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whacking
[ˈwækɪŋ]1. adj (fam) (also whacking great) → enorme
2. n (spanking) → sculacciata (fig) → batosta
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