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Whacking

adjective

(British informal) enormous. "A whacking lie"

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"Whacking" Quotes from Famous Books

... his hourly rounds, flashing his electric pocket lamp before him, he is ready with a cheery "Post all correct, sir!" He whistles or sings to himself until, at last, he hears the platoon sergeant waking the next relief by whacking the soles of their boots ...

— Kitchener's Mob - Adventures of an American in the British Army • James Norman Hall

... a slip in her hand? Chapped: washingsoda. And a pound and a half of Denny's sausages. His eyes rested on her vigorous hips. Woods his name is. Wonder what he does. Wife is oldish. New blood. No followers allowed. Strong pair of arms. Whacking a carpet on the clothesline. She does whack it, by George. The way her crooked skirt swings ...

— Ulysses • James Joyce

... now famous quartette—Claud, Bill, Paddy, and Sandy. They were still in their rough bush-whacking clothes, while their eyes told the tale of a ...

— The Kangaroo Marines • R. W. Campbell

... lay upon the hall floor, in the centre of an interested group. He paused to glance up at his sister, where she had stopped upon the landing. "You act as if you didn't want to see what's in it," he remonstrated, whacking ...

— The Second Violin • Grace S. Richmond

... cryptic utterance. We all tried it on varying notes of exultation. It put zest into what otherwise would have been a dragging day. By tea-time our legs were sore with whacking. ...

— Explorers of the Dawn • Mazo de la Roche

Words linked to "Whacking" : Britain, U.K., whipping, flogging, tanning, United Kingdom, flagellation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, large, whack, UK, Great Britain, lashing, corporal punishment, big, colloquialism