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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
- 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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