smacking

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of smack

noun

  1. A series of smacks; the act by which somebody is smacked.
    children who received regular smackings

adj

  1. That resounds with a loud smack or series of smacks.
    Ashiepattle said it was something like a whistle, and it was really no bid at all for it, but for her sake he wouldn't mind selling it to her, if she would give him three hundred dollars and a smacking kiss for each dollar in the bargain. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 177

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