Definition of "thwacking" [thwacking]

• Present participle of thwack. (verb)

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• "I'm saying that prisoners are being beaten, and if we're beating anyone then one of the people who truly deserves a good thwacking is Saddam ..."
• ""thwacking" seemed to polish, and her lazy, ease-loving Valentine."
• "Hawkers carry enormous brightly-coloured balloons nearly as large as they are, thwacking them suggestively as you pass."