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smacking around

smacking around is the present participle and gerund of smack around.

Meaning of smack around

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.

Questions about smacking around

What is smacking around the present participle and gerund of?
Smacking around is the present participle and gerund of smack around.

Words near smacking around in the dictionary

  1. smackhead
  2. smackheads
  3. smackier
  4. smackiest
  5. smacking
  6. smacking around
  7. smacking down
  8. smacking out
  9. smacking up
  10. smackingly
  11. smackings

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