swacking

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of swack

comparative more swacking · superlative most swacking

1. slangHuge; whopping.

   He deserves a swacking bonus for persuading me to make my letter into pipe-lights.

   1866, Arthur Locker, Sweet seventeen - Volume 3, page 249

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   When Arthur first did rule the land, He made a large pudding a ding ding, Great swacking plums he did put in, etc., etc.

   1923, Norman George Brett-James, The History of Mill Hill School, 1807-1923, page 125

   […] the human face, close up and cropped by the frame, a pearly or tanned mask of flat paint with schemantic shading, great swacking eyelashes and lipstick-colored lips.

   1986, Time - Volume 127, page 10

2. Characteristic of a swack.

   There was a swacking sound of clubbed wood upon flesh;

   1950, John Jennings, The Pepper Tree, page 188

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   If you are careless in your approach you will hear a great swacking sound echo through the trees and see a mighty spray of water — then all will be quiet.

   1967, Roger A. Caras, North American Mammals, page 265

   "What went on? How come those two got killed?" demanded the burlier of the pair, tapping a nightstick across his palm with loud swacking sounds.

   2001, Jake Logan, Railroad to Hell, page 4