Swack

/swæk/ · adjective

Meaning

(Scotland) Lithe; nimble..

Definitions by Sense

1. (Scotland) Lithe; nimble.
2. (slang) A large number or amount of something.
3. Synonym of smack.
4. An attack, a swipe.
5. A single attempt or instance of taking action; a crack; a go.
6. (uncountable) Clout; influence.
7. A gulp or hearty swallow.
8. To smack.

Example Sentences

Matthew advanced to the foot of the stairs and whistled. The signal had been expected, for presently he was joined by a swack youth of about eighteen years, who carried a couple of long salmon-spears.

A swack, healthy lass, with plump bust, arms, and legs (the last then evident), laughing lips, eyes over which the dark hair strayed—a guileless face, full of light and love.

it came the turn of a brave young childe with a red head and the swackest legs you ever saw, […] and as soon as he began the drill you saw he'd carry off the prize.

He made a run for shelter, and he was a swack enough lad them days for all his weight of years.

He was a swack billy-boy, with the same high color as the landlord, and the same tight spaniel curls.

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.

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Word Forms

• swacker
• swackest
• swacks
• swacking
• swacked
• more swack
• most swack

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