Whacking

Definition

1. (verb) To hit, slap or strike.
2. (verb) To kill, bump off.
3. (verb) To share or parcel out; often with up. “to whack the spoils of a robbery”
4. (verb) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
5. (verb) (usually in the negative) To surpass; to better.
6. (noun) A beating.
7. (adjective) Exceptionally large; whopping (often followed by an adjective such as great or big).

Word stats

• Whacking contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
• It uses 8 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 21.

Words you can build

• hacking
• hawking
• aching
• caking
• cawing
• hawing
• waking
• acing
• awing
• chain
• china
• chink
• whack
• winch
• akin
• ankh
• chin
• gain
• gawk
• gnaw
• hack
• hang
• hank
• hawk
• hick
• hing
• inch
• khan
• king
• nick
• nigh
• wack
• wank
• wick
• wing
• wink
• ani
• can
• caw
• chi
• gin
• hag
• haw
• inc
• ink
• kin
• nag
• wag
• wan
• wig
• win

Word neighbours

Other 8-letter words

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• abalones
• abandons
• abashing
• abattoir
• abbesses
• abdicate
• abdomens
• abducted
• abductee
• abductor
• aberrant
• abetters
• abetting
• abettors
• abeyance
• abhorred

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Words starting with WHA

• whack
• whacked
• whacker
• whackers
• whackier
• whackiest
• whacks
• whacky
• whale
• whalebone
• whaled
• whaler
• whalers
• whales
• whaling
• wham
• whammed
• whammies

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Words ending with ING

• abandoning
• abashing
• abasing
• abating
• abbreviating
• abdicating
• abducting
• abetting
• abhorring
• abiding
• abjuring
• abnegating
• abolishing
• abominating
• aborting
• abounding
• abrading
• abridging

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