thwap

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In Raleigh, the telltale sound -- thwap, giggle, thwap, giggle -- filled the air as a "flash mob" of close to 200 people descended on Moore Square, where they smashed and bashed each other for an hour in celebration of World Pillow Fight Day.

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  • Might as well get something out of this trip There sure isn't anyone to stop you As if to emphasize the fact, the thud-thwap of a guardie chopper breaks the evening silence. —  FSFMagazine,May2007
  • In Raleigh, the telltale sound -- thwap, giggle, thwap, giggle -- filled the air as a "flash mob" of close to 200 people descended on Moore Square, where they smashed and bashed each other for an hour in celebration of World Pillow Fight Day. —  NewsObserver.com - Home
  • Fans in Australia greeted by the anticipatory "thwap" of tennis balls launched by the world's most skilled players also have been subjected to the sounds of rival fans brawling and clouds of noxious capsicum spray. —  The Online News Page
  • Grunge-tattoo'd drummer Dave King was a mixed-meter demon, a master of precise, daunting rolls of clang and thwap with hard-rock muscle. —  Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com
  • Because if it we did, then what we would have witnessed last week was this: Steve Jobs, The Earl of Apples, pulling off his white gloves, one finger at a time, and then - thwap, thwap - taking said white gloves and slapping Nintendo and Sony upside their heads. —  msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
 

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