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verb
Thwack  v. t.  (past & past part. thwacked; pres. part. thwacking)  
1.
To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump. "A distant thwacking sound."
2.
To fill to overflow. (Obs.)





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"Thwack" Quotes from Famous Books



... Thwack—thwack came the bladders on Plunger's devoted head. And Plunger almost regretted that he had risen. Harry went bravely through the same ordeal. This accomplished, the Beetles joined hands, and galloping wildly ...
— The Hero of Garside School • J. Harwood Panting
... main, shrieking with all the power of her lungs. She suddenly felt the impress of his hot lips on her cheek, not once, but a dozen times. Then of a sudden he released her with a bitter oath, as the shrieking voice of Mrs. Ransford sounded close by, and the thwack of a heavy broom fell upon his head ...
— The Golden Woman - A Story of the Montana Hills • Ridgwell Cullum
... a swift and terrible nightmare to him—the squadrons breaking into a gallop, the woods suddenly belted with smoke, the thud and thwack of bullets pelting leather and living flesh, the frantic plunging of stricken horses, the lightning down-crash of riders hurled earthward at full speed, the brief glimpses of scarlet streaks under foot—of a horse's ...
— Ailsa Paige • Robert W. Chambers


Words linked to "Thwack" :   hit, smack, blow


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