whacking

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
• Syn:
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing
• Derivationally related forms:
whack, trounce (for: trouncing), thrash (for: thrashing), beat (for: beating)
• Hypernyms:
corporal punishment
• Hyponyms:
whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation

II - adjective

(British informal) enormous
- a whacking phone bill
- a whacking lie
• Similar to:
large, big
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain

III - adverb

extremely
- a whacking good story

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing