1 C1 slang
(Dialectal) To hit or strike something hard.
"He swacked up the piñata so hard that it split open on the first try."
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swack up
C1 slang separable transitive
A dialectal or highly informal term meaning to hit, strike, or damage something; alternatively, to mix or stir something up vigorously.
In plain English
To hit something hard, or to mix something up quickly and roughly.
What does "swack up" mean?
2 meanings, ordered from most common to least. Color-coded by CEFR level.
2 C1 idiomatic slang
(Informal) To hastily mix or put together ingredients or materials.
"I just swacked up a quick sauce from whatever was left in the fridge."
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Literal vs figurative
Words literally mean
To swack (strike/hit) something up.
Actually means
To hit something hard, or to mix something up quickly and roughly.
Usage tip
Extremely rare and highly dialectal. 'Swack' as a verb means to hit or beat in some US and Scottish dialects. 'Swack up' as a phrasal verb is barely documented. Use with caution; most native English speakers would not recognize this phrase. Some informal use in the sense of hastily assembling or mixing something.
Words that pair with "swack up"
Natural word combinations native speakers use most often.
batch mixture something ingredients
How to conjugate "swack up"
The five tense forms you'll use most often.
Base
swack up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
swacks up
he/she/it
Past simple
swacked up
yesterday
Past participle
swacked up
have + pp
-ing form
swacking up
continuous
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