THWACK

thwack

(noun) a hard blow with a flat object

smack, thwack

(verb) deliver a hard blow to; “The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

thwack (plural thwacks)

The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement.

A heavy slapping sound.

Verb

thwack (third-person singular simple present thwacks, present participle thwacking, simple past and past participle thwacked)

To hit with a flat implement.

To beat.

To fill to overflow.

Source: Wiktionary

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Thwack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Thwacking.] Etym: [Cf. OE. thakken to stroke, AS. , 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.

Thwack, n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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