thwacking

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Verb

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thwacking

  1. present participle and gerund of thwack

Noun

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thwacking (plural thwackings)

  1. The action or sound of a thwack; a beating.
    • 1907, W. Jenkyn Thomas, The Welsh Fairy Book:
      The next day he realised that, glorious as his hiding place was as an escape from books and thwackings, it had its disadvantages: the chief was that there was nothing to eat and drink, and that is a very serious thing for a growing boy []