"bewhack" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bewhacks [present, singular, third-person], bewhacking [participle, present], bewhacked [participle, past], bewhacked [past]
Etymology: From be- (“on; about; all over”) + whack. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|whack|t1=on; about; all over}} be- (“on; about; all over”) + whack Head templates: {{en-verb}} bewhack (third-person singular simple present bewhacks, present participle bewhacking, simple past and past participle bewhacked)
  1. (transitive, rare) To whack about; whack all over Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-bewhack-en-verb-bXGRHeHN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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