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thwack

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thwack  (thwk)
tr.v. thwacked, thwack·ing, thwacks
To strike or hit with a flat object; whack.
n.
A hard blow with a flat object; a whack.

[Imitative.]

thwack [θwæk]
vb
to beat, hit, or flog, esp with something flat
n
a.  a blow with something flat
b.  the sound made by it
interj
an exclamation imitative of this sound
[of imitative origin]
thwacker  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.thwack - a hard blow with a flat object
blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"
Verb1.thwack - deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"
hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

thwack
noun
smack, blow, whack, bash (informal), thump, clout (informal), swipe, wallop (informal) a sharp thwack across the arm that left fingermarks for ages
verb
smack, hit, bash (informal), thump, beat, deck (slang), chin (slang), clout (informal), flog, whack, swipe, wallop (informal), lambast(e) He just thwacked me on the back of the head with a ruler
Translations
thwack [ˈθwæk]
nchoc m
excltchac!
thwack
n (= blow)Schlag m; (= noise)Klatschen nt, → Bums m (inf)
vtschlagen; (waves) → klatschen gegen; he thwacked his cane on the tableer ließ seinen Stock auf den Tisch heruntersausen
vischlagen (against gegen); (waves, cane)klatschen
thwack [θwæk]
1. n (blow) → colpo; (noise) → schiocco
2. vtcolpire


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I had scrambled out of the coach and was instinctively settling my cravat, when somebody brushed roughly by me, and I heard a smart thwack upon the coachman's ear.
Not while I have a stout stick to thwack your saucy bones
that business consisted in fetching the Commodore's craft such a thwack, that with all his pumps going he made straight for the nearest port to heave down and repair.
 
 
 
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