In Yorkshire dialect, whanking means very large — absolutely massive, an impressive size that warrants a double-take.
In Yorkshire dialect, whanking means very large — absolutely massive, an impressive size that warrants a double-take. It's an emphatic intensifier with a satisfying bluntness that Yorkshire speech is famous for. A whanking great hill, a whanking spider, a whanking portion of chips — the word does its job with no ambiguity. Despite sounding like something else entirely to ears outside the region, in Yorkshire it's just good old plain-speaking superlative. Nothing cheeky about it — well, not intentionally.
There was a whanking great lorry blocking the lane and we had to wait twenty minutes to get past.
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A Yorkshire dialect term for anything exceptionally large of its kind — a whopper or a thumper. Distinct from the superficially similar British profanity wanker, this is a dialect word about size rather than an insult. Used to describe outsized objects, animals, or portions. Now largely archaic but documented in Yorkshire dialect glossaries.
(Yorkshire) Any exceptionally large thing.
(Scotland, Northern England) To beat; to thrash; to whip; to lash.
(Scotland, Northern England) A large portion, slice or lump.
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(Yorkshire) Very large.
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