v. [f. BE- 2 + THWACK.] trans. To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly.

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1555.  Fardle Facions, I. vi. 92. They … haue a good sporte to all to bethwacke it with stones.

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1598.  R. Bernard, trans. Terence Andr., I. ii. (1629), 16. I will all to becurry thee, or bethwacke thy coate.

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1848.  Lowell, Poet. Wks. (1879), 143. He bangs and bethwacks them.

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