thwacking

English

Verb

thwacking

1. present participle and gerund of thwack

Noun

thwacking (plural thwackings)

1. The action or sound of a thwack; a beating.
   • 1907, W. Jenkyn Thomas, The Welsh Fairy Book:

     The next day he realised that, glorious as his hiding place was as an escape from books and thwackings, it had its disadvantages: the chief was that there was nothing to eat and drink, and that is a very serious thing for a growing boy […]