thwacking

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of thwack

noun

1. The action or sound of a thwack; a beating.

   “The next day he realised that, glorious as his hiding place was as an escape from books and thwackings, it had its disadvantages: the chief was that there was nothing to eat and drink, and that is a very serious thing for a growing boy […]”