whacking
Origin of whacking
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How to use whacking in a sentence
Pai’s weed-whacking has of course not been universally celebrated.
He killed his own son and heir by whacking him over the head with the monarchal staff in a tsar-ish fit of temper.
Russian History Is on Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself | P. J. O’Rourke | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe cudgel that President Obama is whacking House Republicans with is the cudgel they themselves put in his hand.
Stop players from whacking each other with outmoded equipment.
Buzz Bissinger on the NFL’s No Good, Very Bad Season | Buzz Bissinger | January 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter whacking North Carolina, Hurricane Irene made its second landfall in New Jersey Sunday morning.
No matter: Newt seemed pleased with himself for whacking the paper.
“Then you ought to be ashamed of yourself, nephew,” retorted the old woman, whacking the floor with her stick.
Aletta | Bertram MitfordMy father set my sister up in business as a British peeress and bought her her husband and settled a whacking dower on her.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesThe Jap had the buckskin mustang up in a corner and was vigorously whacking him with a huge pole.
Tales of lonely trails | Zane GreyHave you ever noticed what whacking big cigars these fellows over here smoke?
Jill the Reckless | P. G. (Pelham Grenville) WodehouseSir Claude, in silence, folded one by one his newspapers; then he rose and stood whacking the palm of his hand with the bundle.
What Maisie Knew | Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for whacking
/ (ˈwækɪŋ) informal, mainly British /
enormous
(intensifier): a whacking big lie
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