whacking
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈhwækɪŋ/
- Offensive
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paliza
- American plutocrats need a good and thorough whacking.
Examples
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- There will be no whacking, okay?
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You know, on this occasion I tried to remove him without whacking him and it went wrong.
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You want another whacking, keep talking dirty, I said.
Fiction book (1995) -
I liked it up until the attempted whacking.
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Meanwhile, Lisa is displeased when Springfield celebrates a local holiday, Whacking Day, where snakes are beaten.
Blog text (24) -
Well, once, when one of the real prince's companions had taken a good whacking in fighting practice, he had soiled his pants, bled all over them, and fallen sitting into a mud puddle.
Fiction book (1993) -
The teacher disciplined the student by giving him a whacking instead of a detention.
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After the long conversation about behavior, he received a few whacking as punishment.
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In some cultures, whacking is considered an acceptable form of discipline for misbehaving children.
Synonyms
276
4.2
Hitting a person many times as punishment or violence
33
4.8
A hit on a child's bottom as punishment
22
3.8
Beating a person or animal with a whip as punishment
15
4.7
A heavy repeated hitting sound, like drums or rain
12
2.8
A series of hard hits against something, often loud and strong
6
7.0
Beating someone with a whip or strap as punishment
6
6.7
A severe beating given to someone as punishment
4
8.6
A violent attack where a person is hit many times
4
6.9
To punish someone by hitting them with a stick
1
7.0
Strong repeated hitting that makes things move, often by wind or waves
1
5.1
A light spanking with a flat board used as punishment
1
4.6
A quick hard hit with an open hand that makes a sharp sound
1
4.8
Hitting someone or something very hard, often with a fist
1
6.5
A heavy loss in a game or a serious physical beating
1
8.6
A severe beating given as punishment
A severe beating that someone gets as punishment
An act of hitting someone with a long leather whip as punishment
To hit a person or thing with a long whip used with cows
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Morphology
Etymology
Whacking comes from the verb whack, which means 'to hit', so a whacking is a 'beating' or heavy hit. That is why people say a child got 'a whacking' to mean a physical punishment.