Imitative of the sound of a smart heavy blow.

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1673.  Hickeringill, Greg. F. Greyb., 141. All stands [sic] aloft; swack, swack.

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1884.  G. H. Boughton, in Harper’s Mag., Dec., 73/1. The swack! swack! of the fagot-cutter’s ‘bill-hook.’

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