swack
Adjective

swack (comparative swacker, superlative swackest)

  1. (Scotland) Lithe; nimble.
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 37:
      it came the turn of a brave young childe with a red head and the swackest legs you ever saw, […] and as soon as he began the drill you saw he'd carry off the prize.
Synonyms Noun

swack (plural swacks)

  1. (dated, British, public school slang) A deception; a trick.
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swack (plural swacks)
(New Zealand slang. Elsewhere?)
A large number of something.
She gave me a swack of books.




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