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whacking

[ hwak-ing, wak- ]

adjective

Informal.


whacking

/ ˈ·Éæ°ìɪŋ /

adjective

  1. enormous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. (intensifier)

    a whacking big lie

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of whacking1

First recorded in 1800–10; whack + -ing 2
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Beijing doesn't seem too worried about looking elsewhere for more chicken, pork and sorghum and – at the same time – it knows it is whacking the US president right in his heartland.

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Local resident Sarah Hill said she could hear the hum of the fans, as well as players calling to each other and whacking balls.

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Smith, playing her first international since September 2022, batted like she had never been away, whacking 12 fours as she equalled Danni Wyatt’s fastest half-century for an Englishwoman from 24 balls.

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In a series of posts in 2021, the 55-year-old suggested "whacking" the chief medical adviser and said it was a "shame" a creator of the AstraZeneca vaccine had not been assassinated.

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Actions such as bumping against the structure they are in, mowing or weed whacking around them can cause them to become more aggressive, he said.

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