"schwack" meaning in English

See schwack in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʃwæk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-schwack.wav [Southern-England] Forms: schwacks [present, singular, third-person], schwacking [participle, present], schwacked [participle, past], schwacked [past], shwack [alternative]
Rhymes: -æk Head templates: {{en-verb}} schwack (third-person singular simple present schwacks, present participle schwacking, simple past and past participle schwacked)
  1. (US, criminal slang, rare) Alternative form of whack. Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, rare, slang Alternative form of: whack

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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