Definition of thwack
: to strike with or as if with something flat or heavy : whack
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Examples of thwack in a Sentence
A book fell off the shelf and thwacked me on the head.
thwacked the growling dog on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper
Recent Examples of thwack from the Web
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Washed away in a torrent, on Rocky goes, thwacking and plonking his way to Texas and then to South Dakota.
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If a jockey is thwacked off his mount, his riderless horse can still win on its own, like Garfunkel arriving without Simon.
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Or the one that conjures up the clip of him getting thwacked by Jalen Mills in the 2016 opener, causing a shoulder injury that cost him nearly the entire season.
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In 2002 the employers of Gordon Jones, a steel-drum loader, were thwacked with a 30% tariff.
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Live fish — Momma Wong typically goes for the tilapia, which is thwacked, gutted and scaled in the store.
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Cleavers thwack rhythmically through chicken carcasses; blackened woks sizzle with hunks of ginger and garlic.
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The challenge lies in the ferociously physical steps — an onslaught of thwacking arms, emphatic kicks, dizzying spins, swift somersaults, perilous balances and slippery contortions — and their relentless repetition.
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Last year, relations allegedly reached a low point, with a manager thwacking an employee on the head with a high-heeled shoe.
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Origin and Etymology of thwack
imitative
NEW! Time Traveler
First Known Use: circa 1530
in the meaning defined above
See Words from the same yearthwack Synonyms
Synonyms
bang, bash, bat, belt, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, hit, knock, nail, paste, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, thump, wallop, whack, whale, zap;
Related Words
batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough;
bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp;
bowl (down or over), cream, deck, fell, floor, knock down, level;
cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip;
Phrases
hang one on;
Examples of thwack in a Sentence
he gave the ball a hard thwack with the bat and sent it deep into the outfield
even from the top of the bleachers we could hear the loud thwack of the ball being hit
Recent Examples of thwack from the Web
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Wyatt's bat connected with the two-out, 2-2 pitch, and the rich, crisp thwack immediately drew attention as heads snapped to follow the ball high and deep over the right-field wall at Jim Patterson Stadium.
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In Auto and Dynamic modes, the 255/40R-20 Michelins acknowledge pavement imperfections with a solid thwack.
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There’s a frisky all-American quality to the jazzy cross-rhythms that propel the central section, punctuated by thwacks of bundled sticks against a bass drum.
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During a practice session, Samuels once blocked one of my shots with such strength that the ball bounced off the wall with an echoing thwack.
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The rhythm section built a clean latticework of grooves, with the drummer's fat thwacks slotting neatly next to the bassist's resonant thuds.
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Snow pirouettes and swings Longclaw into one wight, takes a thwack at a second, and uppercuts a third.
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Our ears registered louder thwacks compared with the competitors over the same cracks and expansion joints on-road—similar to the almost metallic clank of a bouncing basketball.
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A swing is a delicate thing for a hitter, and batting practice carries its own unique rhythm — see the pitch, swing, thwack (or in the case of an aluminum bat, ping).
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'thwack.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of thwack
1587
thwack Synonyms
Synonyms
bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, lash, lick, pelt, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap);
Related Words
counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke;
body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut;
cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO;
battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing;
THWACK Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of thwack for English Language Learners
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: to hit (someone or something) hard with a loud sound
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