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to swack

to swack

1 9.9
To hit someone or something hard
  • verb
  • /swæk/
  • Archaic
translation icon : golpear
  • The man calmly swacked the guard straight in the face with his bullhorn.

Examples

  • There was a young lady named cherry who used to get swacked on sweet Sherry.

  • You've seen her swacked before.

  • - It's worse than bein' swacked.

  • SF is not alone in this regard either; certainly other genres are swacked with the same literary bat.

    Blog text (10)
  • In the morning, I remembered what I hadn't noticed because I was swacked, that there wasn't any heat coming from her.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Try three starlets swacked-out on Benzedrine and grappa.

  • She swacks her racquet against her own leg as if dismay and despair power her arm.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • He swacked the ball with all his might, sending it soaring over the fence.

  • During the game, she swacked the pinata fiercely, determined to break it open.

  • The player swacked the opponent's arm to steal the ball during the match.

Synonyms

to strike
vsto swack
553 2.4

To hit someone or something with force

is about hitting or striking someone or something forcefully
to slap
vsto swack
492 1.0

Hit quickly with the flat part of the hand

is forceful hitting but not defined by hand flat contact
to punch
vsto swack
455 1.4

To hit someone or something quickly with a closed fist

is forceful hitting but not limited to fist use
to bang
vsto swack
318 1.0

To hit or close something suddenly and loudly

is forceful hitting but may not involve sudden noisy movement
to whack
vsto swack
250 5.5

To hit someone or something hard so it makes a loud sound

is a forceful hit but not defined by noise
to pound
vsto swack
225 1.3

To hit something again and again very hard

is a forceful hit but not necessarily repeated crushing blows
to swing
vsto swack
221 1.5

Move the arm in a wide sweep to try to hit something

is the forceful hit itself rather than the attempt or motion
to hammer
vsto swack
198 1.6

To hit something many times to shape or flatten it

is a forceful single strike rather than repeated tool strikes
to smack
vsto swack
164 3.5

To hit someone or something with an open hand

is forceful hitting without specifying hand or method
swat
vsto swack
104 3.9

A quick hard hit with the hand or a flat object

is a forceful hit but not specifically quick or handheld
to bash
vsto swack
  • NSFW
73 2.9

To hit someone or something very hard

is forceful but not necessarily as intense
to pop
vsto swack
  • Informal
46 3.4

To hit someone or something quickly and lightly

is a forceful hit that involves more strength and impact
to whop
vsto swack
  • Informal
43 7.9

To hit someone or something very hard

is forceful hitting but not always extremely hard
to bludgeon
vsto swack
  • NSFW
23 8.8

To hit someone repeatedly with a heavy stick or club

is forceful hitting but not necessarily done with a heavy object
to jab
vsto swack
19 3.3

To poke quickly and sharply with a finger, hand, or object

is forceful hitting but not limited to quick pokes
to clobber
vsto swack
  • NSFW
19 7.7

To hit someone or something very hard many times

is a forceful strike without the repeated heavy beating
to rap
vsto swack
8 3.7

To hit something quickly to make a short sharp sound

is a forceful hit but not always quick or sound producing
to swipe
vsto swack
8 3.7

To hit with a quick swinging movement of the arm, hand, or paw

is forceful hitting not defined by sweeping movement
to strike hard
vsto swack
3 3.7

Hit someone or something very hard

is the general forceful hit without extra sharpness
to thwack
vsto swack
3 8.0

To hit something hard with a flat object so it makes a loud sound

is forceful hitting but not necessarily accompanied by sharp noise
to wallop
vsto swack
  • Informal
2 7.3

To hit something or someone very hard

is a forceful hit that may be less extreme
to bop
vsto swack
  • Informal
1 6.1

To hit someone quickly in a light, playful way

is forceful hitting without the playful or light intent
to whomp
vsto swack
  • Informal
1 8.6

To hit forcefully with the hand or a flat object

is forceful hitting without specifying instrument
to whap
vsto swack
1 8.1

To hit something or someone hard and make a loud sound

is forceful but not defined by producing a loud sound
to sledgehammer
vsto swack
1 7.2

To hit something very hard with a large heavy tool with a long handle

is forceful hitting without specifying use of a heavy tool
to wack
vsto swack
  • Informal
1 8.9

Hit someone or something quickly and hard

is forceful hitting but not focused on sharp suddenness
to boff
vsto swack
  • NSFW
1 9.0

To hit someone or something hard, often by accident

is forceful hitting without the casual sudden tone
to skelp
vsto swack
  • UK
1 9.9

To hit someone with an open hand

is forceful hitting not specifically about open hand slapping
to whammo
vsto swack
  • Informal
9.9

To hit something suddenly with great force

is forceful but not necessarily sudden or dramatic
to give a whap
vsto swack
  • Informal
8.8

To hit something quickly with a short, sharp blow

is forceful hitting without the focus on audible sound
to whang
vsto swack
  • Informal
9.9

To hit something hard so it makes a loud sound

is forceful striking but without the emphasis on noise
to wacked
vsto swack
  • Informal
7.2

Hit someone or something with a lot of force

is the present verb form expressing a forceful hit
to lambast
vsto swack
  • NSFW
8.8

To hit someone many times with a stick

is forceful hitting but not focused on repeated beating with a cane
to lam into
vsto swack
  • Informal
9.9

To hit someone or something violently, often by running into them

is forceful hitting without implying an attack or violent intent
to swig
vsto swack
  • Archaic
8.6

To hit something very hard with your fist or a bat

is forceful hitting without specifying such heavy tools or weapons
to whuff
vsto swack
9.9

To hit something so it makes a dull heavy sound

is a forceful hit not necessarily marked by a dull heavy sound

Antonyms

142 2.8

To hold someone tightly to show affection

55 3.4

To touch someone or something gently to show love

How Hard

to smash
311 2.1
to wallop
  • Informal
2 7.3
to swack
  • Archaic
1 9.9
to hit
1.0
to smack
164 3.5
to slap
492 1.0
to tap
174 1.0

Surface Forms

swack infinitive
swacked past
swacked past participle
swacking present participle
swacks third person singular

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the verb swack is to think of it as 'to give a swack', to hit something so it makes that sharp 'swack' sound, like when you whack or smack a ball. So to swack someone or something is to hit them forcefully.