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Synonyms and Antonyms of whaling
- whaled the ball so hard that it sailed over the fence and into the neighbor's yard
banging, bashing, batting, belting, biffing, bludgeoning, bobbing, bonking, bopping, boxing, busting, clapping, clipping, clobbering, clocking, clouting, cracking, hammering, hitting, knocking, nailing, pasting, pounding, punching, rapping, slamming, slapping, slogging, slugging, smacking, smiting, socking, striking, swatting, swiping, tagging, thumping, thwacking, walloping, whacking, zapping
battering, beating, buffeting, bunging, chopping, cuffing, drubbing, lacing, lambasting, licking, mangling, mauling, pelting, peppering, pommeling (or pommelling), pummeling (also pummelling), roughing
bunting, flicking, stroking, tapping
bumping, butting, jabbing, jostling, kicking, kneeing, poking, prodding, pushing, shoving, stamping
bowling (down or over), creaming, decking, dumping [slang], felling, flooring, knocking down, leveling (or levelling)
rabbit-punching, sucker punching
caning, clubbing, cudgeling (or cudgelling), flailing, flogging, lashing, sapping, slashing, sledgehammering, sledging, spearing, stabbing, switching, thrashing, whipping
- whaled the rug with a broom to knock the dirt out of it
blackjacking, caning, clubbing, cudgeling (or cudgelling), fustigating
banging, bopping, boxing, busting, clapping, clipping, clobbering, clouting, cracking, cuffing, hitting, knocking, lamming, pasting, punching, slapping, slugging, smacking, smiting, socking, spanking, swatting, swiping, thwacking, walloping, whacking
bashing, basting, battering, batting, beating, belaboring, belting, bludgeoning, buffeting, bunging, drubbing, fibbing [British], hammering, lacing, lambasting, lathering, licking, mangling, mauling, paddling, pelting, pommeling (or pommelling), pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), roughing, slating, slogging, threshing, thumping, tromping, whopping (or whapping), whupping, working over
- mercilessly whaled the pickpocket for stealing from her purse
bashing, basting, battering, batting, beating, belaboring, belting, birching, bludgeoning, buffeting, bunging up, clubbing, currying, doing, drubbing, fibbing [British], flogging, hammering, hiding, lacing, lambasting, lashing, lathering, licking, mauling, messing (up), paddling, pelting, pommeling (or pommelling), pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), punching out, roughing (up), slating, slogging, switching, tanning, thrashing, threshing, thumping, tromping, walloping, whipping, whopping (or whapping), whupping, working over
assailing, assaulting, attacking, besetting, boxing, busting, chopping, clobbering, clouting, cracking, cudgeling (or cudgelling), cuffing, descending (on or upon), hitting, jumping (on), knocking, lamming, laying on, pasting, pouncing (on or upon), punching, raiding, rushing, slamming, slapping, smacking, smashing, socking, spanking, storming, swatting, swiping, thwacking, whacking, whamming, whomping
blackjacking, caning, cowhiding, flagellating, fustigating, horsewhipping, leathering, pistol-whipping, rawhiding, scourging, strapping
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