thwack

== English == === Etymology === The verb is probably: partly onomatopoeic, from the sound of something being beaten (compare whack); and partly derived from Late Middle English twakken, twake (“to hit (someone) with something; to pat; to stroke”), probably from Middle English thakken, thakke (“to dab; to pat; to stroke”) [and other forms] (whence thack (obsolete except Britain, dialectal)), from Old English þaccian (“to beat; to pat; to touch softly, stroke; to strike gently, clap, tap”), from Proto-West Germanic *þakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *þakwōną (“to pat; to tap; to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to grasp with the hand; to touch”). Doublet of tangent. The noun and interjection are derived from the verb. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: thwăk, IPA(key): /θwæk/ Rhymes: -æk === Verb === thwack (third-person singular simple present thwacks, present participle thwacking, simple past and past participle thwacked) (transitive) To hit (someone or something) hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; to thrash, to whack. Synonyms: (obsolete except Britain, dialectal) thack, bethwack; see also Thesaurus:hit (also figuratively) To drive or force (someone or something) by, or as if by, beating or hitting; to knock. To pack (people or things) closely together; to cram. (figuratively) To decisively defeat (someone) in a contest; to beat, to thrash. (obsolete) To crowd or pack (a place or thing) with people, objects, etc. [16th–17th c.] (intransitive) To fall down hard with a thump. (obsolete) To be crammed or filled full. (obsolete, rare) Of people: to crowd or pack a place. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== thock, thwock === Noun === thwack (plural thwacks) An act of hitting hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; a whack; also, a powerful stroke involved in such hitting; a blow, a strike. Synonym: (obsolete except Britain, dialectal) thack A dull or heavy slapping sound. Synonym: thwomp ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === thwack Used to represent the dull or heavy sound of someone or something being hit or slapped. ==== Translations ==== === References ===