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[syn: smack, thwack]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To fill to overflow. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thwack \Thwack\, n.
A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.
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With many a stiff thwack, many a bang,
Hard crab tree and old iron rang. --Hudibras.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thwack
n 1: a hard blow with a flat object
v 1: deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student
who had misbehaved" [syn: smack, thwack]