Associations to the word «Whacking»

Wiktionary

WHACKING, verb. Present participle of whack
WHACKING, adjective. (informal) Exceptionally large; whopping.
WHACKING, noun. A beating.

Dictionary definition

WHACKING, noun. The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows.
WHACKING, adverb. Extremely; "a whacking good story".
WHACKING, adjective. (British informal) enormous; "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats