thwacking

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thwacking

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of thwack

noun thwackings

  1. The action or sound of a thwack; a beating. 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 […]

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@misc{thwacking_2026,
  title = {thwacking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thwacking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}