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thwack |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thwack \Thwack\ (thw[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thwacked}; p. pr & vb n. {Thwacking}.] [Cf. OE thakken to stroke, AS [thorn]accian, E. whack.] 1. To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump. ``A distant thwacking sound.'' --W. Irving. 2. To fill to overflow. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thwack \Thwack\, n. A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump. With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab tree and old iron rang. --Hudibras. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thwack n : a hard blow with a flat object v : deliver a hard blow to "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved" [syn: {smack}]
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