thwack

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  1. transitive verb To strike or hit with a flat object; whack.
  2. noun A hard blow with a flat object; a whack.

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  • Tyrone Wilson doesn't need to hear the constant thwack-thwack-thwack of whisk against flesh to know that the Postmaster is skulking about, spying on him, plotting all sorts of evil mischief against him; he knows because the Space Aliens have told him this, not just once but repeatedly, using the mail itself. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 02 - August 1996
  • Combined with the earthquake caused by Smoky's tail thwack, the attack forced Luke to let go of Menolly. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 1] - Witchling
  • I heard a thwack, thwack, thwack and saw the Coast Guard Apache coming into sight That's it, ; I yelled ahead, aiming my Glock again. —  Judge and Jury
  • The spring roller opened with a twang and slapped closed with a satisfying thwack, a sound that made him think fleetingly about his childhood summers, about his father telling him not to give the chickens names, not to offer them that respect, not to personalize tomorrow's supper. —  AHMM,January-February2007
  • There was a thwack, the blow vibrated the club in her hand, and the ball arced in a high curve she followed until it disappeared into the inky dark. —  AtherBeckandCall
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thunk ·  tippler ·  clunk ·  whack ·  splat ·  whoosh ·  whump ·  thud ·  plop ·  cudgel ·  boo ·  sneeze
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Imitative.

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  1. Also dial. twack; a variant of whack, prob. due in part to confusion with the equivalent thack, and in part to a phonetic interchange, wh-to thw-, which occurs in the other direction in white, variant of thwite, in whittle, variant of thwittle, in whart, variant of thwart, etc.
  2. from thwack, v.
 

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