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Grammar : Verb
Spell : thwak
Phonetic Transcription : θwæk



Definition of thwack

Origin :
  • "to hit hard with a stick," 1520s, of echoic origin. Related: Thwacked; thwacking. The noun is recorded from 1580s.
  • verb hit
Example sentences :
  • Geddie leaped high and caught the roll with a sounding "thwack."
  • Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry
  • His wife, taken aback, started up and gave him a thwack on the back.
  • Extract from : « Pelle the Conqueror, Complete » by Martin Anderson Nexo
  • She struck one plank a thwack with the small axe she carried in her hand.
  • Extract from : « Green Eyes » by Roy J. Snell
  • Then, above the murmur from the temple, he heard a sound in the corridor—a thwack.
  • Extract from : « Caravans By Night » by Harry Hervey
  • Jock's hand came down with a thwack on the papers before him.
  • Extract from : « Personality Plus » by Edna Ferber
  • He was stronger than the prince, otherwise there wouldn't have been a table to thwack.
  • Extract from : « The Princess Elopes » by Harold MacGrath
  • Meanwhile, Ben sweeps on like the wind, hearkening even in his haste for the welcome "thwack, thwack" of his father's axe.
  • Extract from : « Little Folks (November 1884) » by Various
  • Tch, ye baggage, dinna tell me what I ken, chance I fetch ye a thwack wi th poss-stick!
  • Extract from : « Back o' the Moon » by Oliver Onions
  • Suddenly something shot out into the air from above, falling with a ‘thwack’ against the face of the cliff.
  • Extract from : « Renshaw Fanning's Quest » by Bertram Mitford
  • Blow upon blow, thwack upon thwack—they fought hand to hand until black rock and bulrush were all gone.
  • Extract from : « The Indian Fairy Book » by Cornelius Mathews

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