Englishlam
verb
informal
the usher lammed me on the head with his flashlight:
hit, strike, slap, smack, cuff, punch, beat, thrash, thump, batter, belabor, drub, hook, pound, smash, slam, welt, pummel, hammer, bang, knock, swat, whip, flog, cane, sucker-punch, rain blows on, give someone a (good) beating/drubbing, box someone's ears;
informal whack, wallop, bash, biff, bop, clout, clip, clobber, sock, swipe, crown, lick, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a (good) hiding, belt, tan, lay one on, lay into, pitch into, lace into, let someone have it, knock into the middle of next week, whomp, deck, floor;
British, informal stick one on, dot, slosh, twat, welly;
North American, informal slug, boff, bust, whale;
Australian, New Zealand, informal dong, quilt, king-hit;
literary smite, swinge;
dated baste, buffet, birch.