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How to pronounce whacking in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing
Type of corporal punishment
Has types flogging, flagellation, lashing, whipping, tanning
Derivation whack
Type Words


a whacking phone bill.
a whacking lie.

Examples of whacking

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After heavy snow, let it melt off bent-down shrubs rather than whacking it away.
From the post-gazette.com
Could whacking off the top tier of revenue-producing workers lead to bankruptcy?
From the charlotteobserver.com
I'd use a board, inserting it in the crack and whacking it with a sledgehammer.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Certainly he crossed the line by whacking Tomas Holmstrom in the back of the head.
From the usatoday.com
Despite its size, competitive gladiators are whacking away at it every month.
From the forbes.com
All the whacking and stuff he has to deal with at work, guy deserves a break.
From the washingtonpost.com
Meanwhile, it needs to keep whacking costs to cope with recession-level auto sales.
From the forbes.com
The Knights have been whacking the ball all over the Mississippi Valley Conference.
From the stltoday.com
In June she made it out of a local qualifier by whacking the pill 288 yards.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • (British informal) enormous; "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie"
  • Beating: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
  • Extremely; "a whacking good story"
  • (whack) hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy"
  • (whack) the sound made by a sharp swift blow
  • (whack) knock: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
  • (whacked) (British informal) exhausted or worn out
  • (Whacked!) Whacked! is a video game developed by Presto Studios and released in by Microsoft Game Studios exclusively for the Xbox. It is not backwards compatible with the Xbox 360. ...
  • (whack) A blow, impact or slap; A share or portion; An attempt; To hit, slap or strike; To kill, bump off; To share or parcel out