bewhack

To whack about; whack all over

Verb

  1. To whack about; whack all over
    • […] for he so bewhacked them, and be-pummelled them, notwithstanding the gloves, that, with bandaged heads and blackened eyes, […] - 1840, Edward Howard, Jack Ashore - Volume 2:
    • Some of the songs were very justly encored, in particular, “Put 'em in the Plot” and “Lovely" with its verse on the Salvation Army, ending “and bewhack the booming drum, Lovely!” - 1892, The Cambridge Review, volume 14:
    • The “interests” are bewhacked. There is a great to-do. - 1915, The Bellman - Volume 19

Origin

From be- (“on; about; all over”) + whack.

Forms

bewhacks bewhacking bewhacked