What does THWACK mean?
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Princeton's WordNet
thwackverb
a hard blow with a flat object
smack, thwackverb
deliver a hard blow to
"The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"
Wiktionary
thwacknoun
The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement.
thwacknoun
To strike with a wet, slapping sound.
thwackverb
To whack or hit with flat implement.
thwackverb
To beat.
Etymology: From a variant (influenced by whack) of thakken, from þaccian, from þakwōnan, from tag-. Cognate with þakolon, þykkr, þjökka, þjaka, tjåka, tango. More at tangent.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Thwacknoun
A heavy hard blow.
Etymology: from the verb.
But Talgol first with a hard thwack
Twice bruis’d his head, and twice his back. Hudibras.They place several pots of rice, with cudgels in the neighbourhood of each pot; the monkeys descend from the trees, take up the arms, and belabour one another with a storm of thwacks. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 50.
To Thwackverb
To strike with something blunt and heavy; to thresh; to bang; to belabour.
Etymology: ðaccian , Saxon.
He shall not stay;
We’ll thwack him hence with distaffs. William Shakespeare.Nick fell foul upon John Bull, to snatch the cudgel he had in his hand, that he might thwack Lewis with it. Arbuthnot.
These long fellows, as sightly as they are, should find their jackets well thwack’d. Arbuthnot.
Wikipedia
thwack
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thwack
Thwack is a verb that refers to the act of striking or hitting something forcefully, often causing a resonating sound. As a noun, it refers to the sound made by such a strike or blow. It is often used in informal conversation.
Webster Dictionary
Thwackverb
to strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump
Thwackverb
to fill to overflow
Thwacknoun
a heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Thwack
thwak, v.t. to strike with something blunt and heavy, to thrash.—n. a heavy blow. [A.S. thaccian, to stroke.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of THWACK in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of THWACK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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