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smacking up

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

Meaning of smack up

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To beat up physically.
    • They might even smack her up a bit but not too much.1997, Lorraine Johnson-Coleman, Just plain folks
  2. (informal, slang) To use heroin or be intoxicated on heroin.

Questions about smacking up

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

Words near smacking up in the dictionary

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

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