swacking

swacking is the present participle and gerund of swack.

Adjective

swacking (comparative more swacking, superlative most swacking)

(slang) Huge; whopping.
- He deserves a swacking bonus for persuading me to make my letter into pipe-lights.1866, Arthur Locker, Sweet seventeen - Volume 3, page 249
- When Arthur first did rule the land, He made a large pudding a ding ding, Great swacking plums he did put in, etc., etc.1923, Norman George Brett-James, The History of Mill Hill School, 1807-1923, page 125
Characteristic of a swack.
- There was a swacking sound of clubbed wood upon flesh;1950, John Jennings, The Pepper Tree, page 188
- If you are careless in your approach you will hear a great swacking sound echo through the trees and see a mighty spray of water — then all will be quiet.1967, Roger A. Caras, North American Mammals, page 265

swack (third-person singular simple present swacks, present participle swacking, simple past and past participle swacked)

To slap or hit.
- When Oscar charged the tyrant Loth, Their spears both in flinders flew; Syne swacked they swords in deidly wroth, But a churl behind King Oscar slew!1885, James Lumsden, Rural Rhymes and Sketches in East Lothian, page 88
To make a swack (sound).
- "Rose" looked upon him with unfriendly eye, as his swacking bill-hook would be likely to affright her game.1885, Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Harper's - Volume 70, page 73
To consume with hearty enjoyment.
- At any rate, motoring is not even as you were ”before the war, but a good deal further behind in many respects, buoyed up only by the enthusiasm of released automobilists and neomotorists swacking their fill of new post-war delights.1919, Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality - Volume 107, page 30
To labour; to exert an effort.
- Morgan was out of sight as usual, swacking away in the engine room.1937, Sidney Corbett, The Cruise of the Gull-Flight, page 133

comparative	more swacking
superlative	most swacking

What does swacking mean?: Swacking means huge; whopping.
What is swacking the present participle and gerund of?: Swacking is the present participle and gerund of swack.
What part of speech is swacking?: Swacking is an adjective.

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