The Collaborative Dictionary

Whacking \Whack"ing\, a. Very large; whapping. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Whack \Whack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Whacking.] [Cf. Thwack.]

To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Rodsmen were whackingtheir way through willow brakes. --G. W. Cable. [1913 Webster]

To divide into shares; as, to whack the spoils of a robbery; -- often with up. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Word Net

whacking adj : (British informal) enormous; "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie" n : the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing] adv : extremely; "a whacking good story"

Moby Thesaurus

awful, banging, bumping, deadly, dreadful, fearful, frightful, horrible, howling, rousing, slapping, spanking, terrible, terrific, thumping, thundering, walloping, whaling, whopping

English

Verb

whacking

1. present participle of whack