thwack
pronunciation
How to pronounce thwack in British English:
UK [θwæk]
How to pronounce thwack in American English:
US [θwæk]
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- Noun:
- a hard blow with a flat object
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- Verb:
- deliver a hard blow to
Word Origin
- thwack (v.)
- "to hit hard with a stick," 1520s, of echoic origin. Related: Thwacked; thwacking. The noun is recorded from 1580s.
Example
- 1. I always remembered the dull sort of thwack it made , every time she swung her arm .
- 2. Davis raised his walking stick and with a tremendous thwack broke the men 's nose .
- 3. I heard the thwack of the whip against the horse 's side .
- 4. Thick ones , thin ones , short ones , tall ...... I could thump and thwack them all .
- 5. If you rap it with your knuckle you hear the thwack of gypsum rather than the ring of cold metal .