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Whacking

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largenounOf considerable or relatively great size or extent.
bignounOf great size, large.
thrashingnounAction of the verb to thrash.
drubbingnounA thorough defeat.
beatingnounThe pulsation of the heart.
trouncingnounthe act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

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bigverb(transitive) To inhabit; occupy.
largenounOf considerable or relatively great size or extent.
beatingnounThe pulsation of the heart.
drubbingnounA thorough defeat.
thrashingnounAction of the verb to thrash.
trouncingnounthe act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
killingnounThe act of killing.
bushverb(intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
wallopingnounA series of wallops or blows; a beating.
bouncingnounThe act of something that bounces.
bangingnounThe action or sound of something that bangs.
thumpingnounA dull, heavy sound.
swingeing(chiefly British) Huge, immense.
humongous(informal) Of an extremely large size.
swingingverbThe act or motion of that which swings.
overhugeExcessively huge.
tearingverbThe act by which something is torn; a laceration.
gimongous(informal) Extremely large; enormous.
big-ass(vulgar, slang) Very large; especially, very large and also expansive, fat, impressive, muscular, intimidating, or important.
big old(US, idiomatic, informal, chiefly Southern US) Emphatically or impressively big; really big.

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