swack

Lithe; nimble.

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.

A large number or amount of something.

She gave me a swack of books.

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

Synonym of smack.

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.

Synonym of smack.

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.

Synonym of smack.

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.

Synonym of smack.

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

An attack, a swipe.

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.