WHACKING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
   Synonym(s)
   • beating (what does beating mean?)
   • drubbing (what does drubbing mean?)
   • lacing (what does lacing mean?)
   • licking (what does licking mean?)
   • thrashing (what does thrashing mean?)
   • trouncing (what does trouncing mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) whacking is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • corporal punishment (what does corporal punishment mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • whipping (what does whipping mean?)
   • tanning (what does tanning mean?)
   • flogging (what does flogging mean?)
   • lashing (what does lashing mean?)
   • flagellation (what does flagellation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • whack (what does whack mean?)
   • wham (what does wham mean?)
   • whop (what does whop mean?)
   • wallop (what does wallop mean?)
   • flog (what does flog mean?)
   • welt (what does welt mean?)
   • whip (what does whip mean?)
   • lather (what does lather mean?)
   • lash (what does lash mean?)
   • slash (what does slash mean?)
   • strap (what does strap mean?)
   • trounce (what does trounce mean?)
   • thrash (what does thrash mean?)
   • thresh (what does thresh mean?)
   • lam (what does lam mean?)
   • flail (what does flail mean?)
   • beat (what does beat mean?)
   • beat up (what does beat up mean?)
   • work over (what does work over mean?)

WHACKING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • (British informal) enormous
   Usage Example(s)
   • a whacking phone bill
   • a whacking lie
   Similar To
   • large (what does large mean?)
   • big (what does big mean?)

WHACKING as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • extremely
   Usage Example(s)
   • a whacking good story