What does thwacking mean?

thwacking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

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verb

present participle and gerund of thwack

noun

"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 […]"

thwackings (plural)

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