adjective
- extremely large or great
Usage: informal; British
adverb
- extremely; very
Usage: informal; British
noun
- the act of hitting someone or something hard
Examples
- That’s a whacking great house you’ve got there.
- The repair bill was a whacking amount of money.
- It’s whacking hot outside today.
- The movie was whacking good entertainment.
- He gave the old carpet a good whacking to get the dust out.
- The child received a whacking for misbehaving.
- She heard the whacking of hammers from the construction site.