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thwack

[ thwak ]

/ θwæk /

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verb (used with object)

to strike or beat vigorously with something flat; whack.

noun

a sharp blow with something flat.

Origin of thwack

First recorded in 1520–30; imitative

OTHER WORDS FROM thwack

thwack·er, noun out·thwack, verb (used with object) un·thwacked, adjective

Words nearby thwack

thusly, thutmose i, thutmose ii, thutmose iii, thuya, thwack, thwaite, thwart, thwing, thx, thy

Example sentences from the Web for thwack

Then, above the murmur from the temple, he heard a sound in the corridor—a thwack.

Caravans By Night |Harry Hervey
A dense cloud of dust rises over them, and through the dim obscurity one hears the ceaseless sound of the thwack!

Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier |James Inglis
Jock's hand came down with a thwack on the papers before him.

Personality Plus |Edna Ferber
The ring of the saw, the trill of the plane, the thwack of the hammer, were very pleasant music in his ears.

Dennison Grant |Robert Stead

Geddie leaped high and caught the roll with a sounding "thwack."

Cabbages and Kings |O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for thwack

thwack

/ (θwæk) /

verb

to beat, hit, or flog, esp with something flat

noun

a blow with something flat
the sound made by it

interjection

an exclamation imitative of this sound

Derived forms of thwack

thwacker, noun

Word Origin for thwack

C16: of imitative origin