whacking
adjective
[ ˈwakɪŋ ]
• very large.
• "she poured us two whacking drinks"
Similar:
huge,
massive,
enormous,
gigantic,
very big,
very large,
great,
giant,
colossal,
mammoth,
vast,
immense,
tremendous,
mighty,
stupendous,
monumental,
epic,
prodigious,
mountainous,
monstrous,
titanic,
towering,
elephantine,
king-sized,
king-size,
gargantuan,
Herculean,
Brobdingnagian,
substantial,
extensive,
hefty,
bulky,
weighty,
heavy,
gross,
mega,
monster,
whopping,
whopping great,
thumping,
thumping great,
humongous,
jumbo,
hulking,
bumper,
astronomical,
astronomic,
whacking great,
ginormous,
whack
verb
• strike forcefully with a sharp blow.
• "his attacker whacked him on the head"
Similar:
hit,
beat,
strike,
punch,
knock,
rap,
smack,
slap,
thump,
thwack,
crack,
cudgel,
thrash,
bang,
drub,
welt,
cuff,
buffet,
pummel,
box someone's ears,
bash,
clobber,
clout,
clip,
wallop,
belt,
tan,
biff,
bop,
lay into,
pitch into,
lace into,
let someone have it,
sock,
lam,
whomp,
stick one on,
slosh,
boff,
bust,
slug,
light into,
whale,
dong,
quilt,
smite,
swinge,
Origin:
early 18th century: imitative, or perhaps an alteration of thwack.
