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Synonyms for whacking
ˈʰwæk ɪŋ, ˈwæk-whack·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whackingadjective
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Synonyms:
thrashing, trouncing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, whipping, beating, defeat, lacing, lace, licking, slaughterwhackingadverb
(British informal) enormous
"a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie"
whackingadverb
extremely
"a whacking good story"
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#7682 | lace | |
#8135 | defeat | |
#8448 | licking | |
#10348 | beating | |
#14083 | slaughter | |
#19985 | whipping | |
#37117 | debacle | |
#44248 | lacing | |
#50506 | thrashing | |
#74421 | whacking | |
#140156 | drubbing | |
#168547 | trouncing | |
#302347 | walloping |
How to use whacking in a sentence?
We did a good job bearing down and we didn’t give up on those plays off the post, our guys were still whacking the sticks around the net. But it can go either way. And that’s kind of what the hockey Gods wanted for us, I guess.
Transportation Security Officer Carol Richel:
Officer Slyve is my hero, she probably saved my life because he was within inches of whacking me. ... She saved a lot of people's lives. This man was swinging very hard with the machete.
He comes up behind me, strikes me in the back. I hear Amber shout don't hit my f ****** sister. She smacks him, lands one, by that time Johnny had already grabbed Amber by the hair with one hand and was whacking her repeatedly in the face with the other.
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up, there's no law against whacking them around a little.
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