bethwack, v.
(bɪˈθwæk)
[f. be- 2 + thwack.]
trans. To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly.
| 1555 Fardle Facions i. vi. 92 They..haue a good sporte to all to bethwacke it with stones. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andr. i. ii. (1629) 16, I will all to becurry thee, or bethwacke thy coate. 1848 Lowell Poet. Wks. (1879) 143 He bangs and bethwacks them. |