Definition of Thwacking

1. Verb. (present participle of thwack) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thwacking

1. thwack [v] - See also: thwack

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thwacking

thus far
thuses
thusly
thusness
thussock
thussocks
thuswise
thuya
thuyas
thuyin
thuyol
thwack
thwacked
thwacker
thwackers
thwacking (current term)
thwacks
thwaite
thwaites
thwap
thwart
thwarted
thwartedness
thwarter
thwarters
thwarting
thwartingly
thwartings
thwartly
thwartness

Literary usage of Thwacking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Rudimentary Treatise on the Manufacture of Bricks and Tiles, Containing an by Edward Dobson (1850)
"The thwacking horse, on which the thwacking frame is placed for thwacking those tiles at the top of the blocks. ( Scale J in. to the foot) a. ..."

2. A Rudimentary Treatise on the Manufacture of Bricks and Tiles: Containing an by Edward Dobson (1850)
"The thwacking frame placed on the thwacking stool. ( Scale 1 in. to the foot.) Fig. 14. The thwacking horse, on which the thwacking frame is placed for ..."

3. A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry by Albert Hill Fay (1920)
"A table, with curved top, used in thwacking a pantile. (Standard) thwacking knife. ... used to trim pantiles after thwacking. (Standard) Thwarting (Som.). ..."

4. The Fur Trade of America by Agnes Christina Laut (1921)
"... a head with raised alert ears, shoulders straining to lift legs that refused to follow, and a bushy tail thwackingthwackingthwacking the snow ! ..."

5. The Fur Trade of America by Agnes Christina Laut (1921)
"... a head with raised alert ears, shoulders straining to lift legs that refused to follow, and a bushy tail thwackingthwackingthwacking the snow! ..."

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