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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
Verb
to beat with something flat
Noun
a. a blow with something flat
b. the sound made by it [imitative]
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"
smack
hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"


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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.
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Not while I have a stout stick to thwack your saucy bones
Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context
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.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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