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smack around

smack around verb: to beat up or handle roughly.

Verb

smack around (third-person singular simple present smacks around, present participle smacking around, simple past and past participle smacked around)

  1. (informal, transitive) To beat up or handle roughly.

Forms of smack around

third-person singular presentsmacks around
present participlesmacking around
past participlesmacked around
pastsmacked around

Questions about smack around

What does smack around mean?
Smack around means to beat up or handle roughly.
What part of speech is smack around?
Smack around is a verb.
What is the past tense of smack around?
The past tense of smack around is smacked around.

Words near smack around in the dictionary

  1. smaaked
  2. smaaking
  3. smaaks
  4. SMAC
  5. smack
  6. smack around
  7. smack bang
  8. smack dab
  9. smack down
  10. smack in the face
  11. smack out

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