Meaning

4 senses

  1. To smack.

    To slap or hit.

  2. To make a swack (sound).

  3. To consume with hearty enjoyment.

  4. To labour; to exert an effort.

Origin

Considered dialect by Wright, but now widespread. Scottish National Dictionary proposes an

Considered dialect by Wright, but now widespread. Scottish National Dictionary proposes an origin in Old Scots (Middle English) swak ("to throw violently"). Compare Scots swak, swack (“to throw with violent force, dash", also "a hard blow or whack”). Compare also Middle Dutch swacken (“to shake, wave”).

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Forms

swacks, swacking, swacked, swacked
Base formswack · to swack
3rd person singularswacks
Present participleswacking
Past simpleswacked
Past participleswacked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyswack
he, she, itswacks

Past simpleLesson

all personsswacked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave swacked
he, she, ithas swacked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill swack

Word family

1 related words
Derivedswack up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
suzeraintysvelteswabswaddleswag

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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