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whaling
[hwey-ling, wey-] 
| Main Entry: |
beat
[beet]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure by striking |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, strike |
| Synonyms: | bash, batter, club, flog, hit, knock, lash, maltreat, pummel, slug, smack, smash, sock, thrash, thwack, whale |
| Main Entry: | flog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | whip, lash |
| Synonyms: | beat, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, ferule, flagellate, flax, flay, give the cat o'nine tails, hide, hit, larrup, lather, leather, paddle, scourge, spank, strike, stripe, tan one's hide, thrash, trounce, wax, whack, whale, whomp, whop |
| Main Entry: | giant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, big, blimp, brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, gigantic, gross*, huge, hulking, humongous*, immense, jumbo, mammoth, monstrous*, mountainous, prodigious, super-duper, titanic, vast, whale of a, whaling |
| Antonyms: | dwarf, little, miniature, miniscule, minor, small, teeny, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, whip |
| Synonyms: | baste, batter, buffet, chastise, dash, drum, flagellate, flay, flog, hammer, hide, hit, horsewhip, knock, lam, lather, pound, pummel, scourge, smack, strap, strike, thrash, wear out, whale |
| Main Entry: | pummel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, pommel |
| Synonyms: | bash, batter, belt, clout, club, crush, cudgel, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lash, let one have it, lick, mash, maul, pelt, pound, punch, ram, slug, smack, strike, swat, thrash, trounce, wallop, whale, wham, whip |
| Main Entry: | scourge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, punish, often physically |
| Synonyms: | afflict, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, curse, discipline, excoriate, flail, flog, harass, hit, horsewhip, lambaste*, lash, penalize, plague, scathe, scorch*, tan*, terrorize, thrash, torment, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit |
| Synonyms: | KO, bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, box*, bump, clobber, clock, clout, club, crack, flail, flog, hammer*, jab, knock, lambaste, let have it, nail, pelt, pop, pound, punch, slam, slap, smack, sock, swat, thrash, thwack, wallop, whack, whale |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flog, whip |
| Synonyms: | baste, beat, belt, cane, dust someone's britches, flay, hide, hit, lambaste, lash, leather, paddle, paddlewhack, punish, spank, strap, strike, switch, tan one's hide, thrash, warm someone's seat, wax, whack, whale, whomp |
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