| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A quick, sharp blow, especially with the hand: box2, bust, chop1, cuff, punch, slap, smack1, smacker, spank, swat, whack. Informal : clip1, spat. See ATTACK, STRIKE. | | VERB: | 1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh. Informal : lambaste. Slang : clobber. Idioms: rain blows on. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 2. To hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand: box2, bust, cuff, punch, slap, smack1, spank, swat, whack. Informal : clip1, spat. See ATTACK, STRIKE.
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