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English Dictionary: whacking by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whacking
adv
  1. extremely; "a whacking good story"
adj
  1. (British informal) enormous; "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie"
n
  1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
    Synonym(s): beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
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.]
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