whacking

1. The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows (synset 101163216)
   is a type of: corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
   subtypes:

   • flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning, whipping - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
   • flagellation - beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
   same as: beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing

1. Extremely (synset 400496954)
   "a whacking good story"

1. (British informal) enormous (synset 301394026)
   "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie"
   domain region: 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
   domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
   similar to: big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

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