The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
WHACKING
whacking
(adjective) (British informal) enormous; “a whacking phone bill”; “a whacking lie”
whacking
(adverb) extremely; “a whacking good story”
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
(noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
whacking
present participle of whack
Adjective
whacking (not comparable)
(informal) Exceptionally large; whopping (often followed by an adjective such as great or big).
Noun
whacking (plural whackings)
A beating.
Source: Wiktionary
Whack"ing, a.
Definition: Very large; whapping. [Colloq.]
WHACK
Whack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Whacking.] Etym: [Cf. Thwack.]
Definition: To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks. [Colloq.] Rodsmen were whackingtheir way through willow brakes. G. W. Cable.
Whack, v. i.
Definition: To strike anything with a smart blow. To whack away, to continue striking heavy blows; as, to whack away at a log. [Colloq.]
Whack, n.
Definition: A smart resounding blow. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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