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thwackings

thwackings is the plural of thwacking.

Meaning of thwacking

Noun

thwacking (plural 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 […]1907, W. Jenkyn Thomas, The Welsh Fairy Book

Questions about thwackings

What is thwackings the plural of?
Thwackings is the plural of thwacking.

Words near thwackings in the dictionary

  1. thwacker
  2. thwackers
  3. thwacketh
  4. thwacking
  5. thwackingly
  6. thwackings
  7. thwacks
  8. thwaite
  9. Thwaite Flat
  10. thwaites
  11. Thwaites Glacier

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