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smackable en · ADJ

Etymology

From smack + -able.

Meanings

  1. Suitable for smacking.
    • Cherubic little boys; chubby, cheeky and so eminently smackable. Little horrors, of course, the apples, no doubt, of their mothers' eyes and crammed to the brim with every sort of dishonesty and iniquity […] 1991, Laurence Meynell, Hooky Gets the Wooden Spoon:
    • Even today, Azza remains one of the most smackable people I've met in my life. 2005, Garrie Hutchinson, Best Australian Sports Writing 2004:

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most smackable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more smackable Degree=Cmp lexicographic