Meaning of swack | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A large number or amount of something.
   slang
2. Synonym of smack.
   countable, uncountable
3. A sharp blow.
   countable, uncountable
4. A bum or petty thief.
5. The sound of a sharp blow.
   countable, uncountable
6. A wet sound such as a loud kiss.
   countable, uncountable
7. A striking stimulus.
   countable, uncountable
8. An attack, a swipe.
   countable, uncountable
9. A single attempt or instance of taking action; a crack; a go.
   countable, uncountable
10. Clout; influence.
    uncountable
11. A gulp or hearty swallow.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“She gave me a swack of books.”

“They run⟳ a Navajo Trading Store along with five hundred cows and a swack of bad horses.”

“Littleburg is one of the more challenging scenarios on your SC3K CD. You begin⟳ with only 9,125 inhabitants, only $1,071 in the bank, and a swack of services that'll choke your pocketbook if you even think⟳ of expanding.”

“My eighteen holes was simply a long ride⟳ in a golfmobile, with me stopping far too many times to take⟳ a swack at the ball.”

“She hit Kevin with a hard swack, rudely knocking him to his senses.”

“[…]they needed nothing more than a good swack against a boulder.”

“The ball flew between them at incredible speed⟳, hitting off their pads with a swack! that could be heard clearly above the steady splattering of the rain⟳.”

“But with its impact, a sound⟳ similar to a swack! emanated from the ring⟳ and echoed throughout the gym.”

“The rest⟳ of his ragged company remained seated, their heads low, staring at the earth, panting in the thin air. There was no sound⟳ but the swack - swack of the machete.”

“But just then, they heard a swack and a man cried, “Ouch!””

“And Cyndi Lauper is ecstatic, first leaping up in the air and then, for good measure⟳, racing over to give⟳ Fabulous Moolah a swack for good luck.”

“As Molly caught up with him she grabbed the lamprey and yanked. The mouth popped away from J.T.'s body with a swack.”

“He walks up behind me and plants a kiss firmly between where my ear and jawline meet⟳. The swack reverberates in my eardrum.”

“But rain⟳ splatting against the bus window and the swack - swacking sound⟳ of the big windshield wipers up front punched me awake⟳.”

“An area rug can supply⟳ the zing of pattern or a swack of color to a room that languishes from blandness .”

“Nothing to say⟳, the oilcloth moans under the swack of Mother's sponge.”

“She's taken a swack at you, accusing you of ruining your child. It is anger. Don't return⟳ it.”

“But the severity and brutality of Israeli repression in the Occupied Territories against ordinary people who have⟳ nothing to do with extremist activities is far more than the “swack” of frustration Frohlich describes.”

“We are certainly delighted to see⟳ you take⟳ another swack at microfilm and are sending our Chapter 14 on the subject.”

“If we took too much at one time, we'd tip⟳ the police that we have⟳ operating motor vehicles. Instead, we steal⟳ it ten gallons at a swack.”

“I'm not sure how I feel⟳ about taking on the whole Establishment in one swack.”

“You have⟳ more swack with their management than they do, the same way you have⟳ more swack with foreign leaders than any of the Ambassadors that you talked to.”

“What the French criticize," says Le Monde, after a swack at Coca-Cola,“ is not so much Coca-Cola, as its orchestration, less the drink⟳ itself than the civilization of which it is a mark⟳ and the symbol.”

“Jake explained it to her: “A swack started it, at the last⟳ show⟳ one night in Hoquiam,” he said. “I just happened to notice⟳ it, and so after that I've planted a couple of stagehands in the audience for Hen-Tooth's act every show⟳, to start⟳ it again.”

“They look⟳ drunk—like⟳ a swack holding onto a lamp post⟳.”

“I'm looking for a guy — been a swack up and down this coast for twenty years — he scrammed with a bundle of my loot.”

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