smacking

English

Verb

smacking

  1. present participle and gerund of smack

Noun

smacking (plural smackings)

  1. A series of smacks; the act by which somebody is smacked.
    children who received regular smackings

Adjective

smacking (not comparable)

  1. That resounds with a loud smack or series of smacks.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 177:
      Ashiepattle said it was something like a whistle, and it was really no bid at all for it, but for her sake he wouldn't mind selling it to her, if she would give him three hundred dollars and a smacking kiss for each dollar in the bargain.
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