swacked
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of swacked
C20: perhaps from Scottish swack a heavy blow, of imitative origin
Example Sentences
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Panicked, I pulled him from the tub, dragged him into his bedroom, promptly swacked him several times, got him dressed and sentenced him to time in his room.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jewelry resembles a collection of body ornaments from some lost tribe out of H. Rider Haggard--adornment for young natives swacked on pop culture who listen to Husker Du and go to art openings the way uptowners might check out the 8 o'clock movie.
From Time Magazine Archive
They mutter to one another, yell at the talking computer, spend hours�even days�gazing out of the ship's bubble-top lookout post, swacked on the enormousness of the universe.
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Patterson drove his mighty shots into the net, swacked them over the backline, was tidily defeated but his teammates, Anderson and Hawkes, won all their matches, eliminated Japan from the Davis Cup tryouts.
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Up came Mr. Baker, swacked off his ball three yards further.
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