whacking great

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• whacking great — …   Useful english dictionary

• whacking — [[t](h)wæ̱kɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n (emphasis) You can use whacking to emphasize how big something is. [BRIT, INFORMAL] The supermarkets may be making whacking profits. Syn: enormous ADV: ADV adj Whacking is also an adverb. ...a whacking great hole …   English dictionary

• whacking — whack|ing [ˈwækıŋ] adj whacking great BrE spoken very big = ↑whopping ▪ We got a whacking great gas bill this morning …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• whacking — adjective whacking great BrE spoken very big; whopping: We got a whacking great gas bill this morning …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• whacking — /ˈwækɪŋ/ (say waking) adjective 1. Colloquial large: of whacking size. –adverb 2. (an intensifier): *And growing out of the head of the cupid was a whacking great candlestick. –kathleen hunt, 1983. {whack1 + ing2} …  

• great — I UK [ɡreɪt] / US adjective Word forms great : adjective great comparative greater superlative greatest *** 1) bigger or more than is usual She had great difficulty in guessing where I was from. They could be in great danger. He was in a great… …   English dictionary

• Whacking — large: whacking great smack on the lips …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• whacking — Australian Slang large: whacking great smack on the lips …   English dialects glossary

• whacking — whack|ing [ wækıŋ, hwækıŋ ] adjective BRITISH SPOKEN used for emphasis, especially for saying that something is very big: a whacking great lie …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• whacking — Adj. An intensifier such as steaming or mad . E.g. It was a whacking great spot the size of Mount Vesuvius …   English slang and colloquialisms

• whacking — UK [ˈwækɪŋ] / US / US [ˈhwækɪŋ] adjective British spoken used for emphasis, especially for saying that something is very big a whacking great lie …   English dictionary