whacking
English Thesaurus
1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | corporal punishment, |
| definition | : | the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | flagellation, |
| definition | : | beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation (noun.act) |
2. (British informal) enormous (adj.all)
| similar | : | big, large, |
| definition | : | above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent (adj.all) |
| domain usage | : | colloquialism, |
| definition | : | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech (noun.communication) |
3. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows (noun.act)
| derivation | : | beat, beat up, work over, |
| definition | : | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | beat, beat up, work over, |
| definition | : | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression (verb.contact) |
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