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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.

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[Imitative.]

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thwack - a hard blow with a flat object blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"
Verb	1.	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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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]

n → choc m

excl → tchac!

thwack

n (= blow) → Schlag m; (= noise) → Klatschen nt, → Bums m (inf)

vt → schlagen; (waves) → klatschen gegen; he thwacked his cane on the table → er ließ seinen Stock auf den Tisch heruntersausen

vi → schlagen (against gegen); (waves, cane) → klatschen

thwack [θwæk]

1. n (blow) → colpo; (noise) → schiocco

2. vt → colpire