swack up
C1 slang separable transitive
In simple words
To hit something hard, or to mix something up quickly and roughly.
Literal meaning: To swack (strike/hit) something up.
Meanings
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."
Grammar: separable
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."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
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.
Commonly used with
batch mixture something ingredients
Forms
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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