nnoun.actthe act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blowsSynset:beating drubbing lacing licking thrashing trouncing
Derivationally Related Form:beattrouncethrashwhack
Hypernyms:corporal punishment
Inherited Hypernyms:beatingcorporal punishmentpunishmentsocial controlgroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:beatingcorporal punishmentpunishmentsocial controlgroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:flagellationflogginglashingtanningwhipping
Full Hyponyms:flagellationhorsewhippingself-flagellationwhipping
vverb.contacthit hardSynset:wallop whack wham whop
Examples:- The teacher whacked the boy
Derivationally Related Form:wallopwalloperwhackwhacking
Hypernyms:hit
Inherited Hypernyms:whackhittouch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The fighter managed to --- his opponent (apply to: wallop, wham, whack)
adj satadj.all(British informal) enormousRegion:BritainGreat BritainU.K.UKUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Domain Usage:colloquialism
Examples:- a whacking phone bill
- a whacking lie
Antonyms:littlesmall
Inherited Hypernyms:whacking
Similar to:big large
advadv.allextremelyInherited Hypernyms:whacking