What part of speech is whacking?

Whacking can be categorized as a noun, a verb, an adjective and an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. whacking is a verb, gerund of whack (infinitive).
  • 2. whacking is a noun, singular of whackings.
  • 3. whacking is an adjective.
  • 4. whacking is an adverb.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more whacking
    most whacking
  • Positive: whacking 
  • Comparative: more whacking
  • Superlative: most whacking

What does whacking mean?

Definitions

Adjective

whacking - (British informal) enormous; "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie"

Adverb

whacking - extremely; "a whacking good story"

Verb

whack - hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy"

Noun

whack - the sound made by a sharp swift blow
whack - the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"

Examples of whacking

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A whacking phone bill.
2. adj. A whacking lie.
3. adv. A whacking good story.
4. verb A little old woman foiled the robbery by whacking the thief on the head with her cane.
5. verb It's still unclear to many, especially to those who half destroyed it and surrendered it to Iran, whether Iraq should be pronounced e-rack or aye-rack. But, after all, is it necessary to know how to pronounce a country's name before whacking it ?
6. verb If it won't take pre-killed and you usually feed live then you could hold the rat by the tail and whack it against a hard surface, like a refrigerator or wall.
7. verb My dad thinks my boyfriend is a real whack job.
8. verb I'm just about to whack you on the ears with a spoon, you monkey.
9. verb Something's out of whack here.
10. verb She's diabetic, so her blood sugar was already out of whack.
11. verb My dad thinks my boyfriend is a real whack job.
12. verb I'm just about to whack you on the ears with a spoon, you monkey.
13. verb Something's out of whack here.
14. verb She's diabetic, so her blood sugar was already out of whack.
15. noun He gave the table a whack.
Sentence  
adj.
A whacking phone bill.
A whacking lie.
adv.
A whacking good story.
verb
A little old woman foiled the robbery by whacking the thief on the head with her cane.
It's still unclear to many, especially to those who half destroyed it and surrendered it to Iran, whether Iraq should be pronounced e-rack or aye-rack. But, after all, is it necessary to know how to pronounce a country's name before whacking it ?
If it won't take pre-killed and you usually feed live then you could hold the rat by the tail and whack it against a hard surface, like a refrigerator or wall.
My dad thinks my boyfriend is a real whack job.
I'm just about to whack you on the ears with a spoon, you monkey.
Something's out of whack here.
She's diabetic, so her blood sugar was already out of whack.
My dad thinks my boyfriend is a real whack job.
I'm just about to whack you on the ears with a spoon, you monkey.
Something's out of whack here.
She's diabetic, so her blood sugar was already out of whack.
noun
He gave the table a whack.

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