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SMACKING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

Synonyms:

slap; smack; smacking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("smacking" is a kind of...):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smacking"):

spank (a slap with the flat of the hand)

Derivation:

smack (deliver a hard blow to)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb smack

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