Synonyms of thwacking

thwacking

verb

present participle of thwack

as in smacking

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

thwacked the growling dog on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smacking
• slapping
• hitting
• knocking
• punching
• banging
• slamming
• whacking
• clapping
• pounding
• striking
• clipping
• swiping
• cracking
• thumping
• kicking
• batting
• bashing
• hammering
• tapping
• swatting
• nailing
• jabbing
• bludgeoning
• poking
• bobbing
• smiting
• clobbering
• bopping
• clouting
• licking
• shoving
• zapping
• flicking
• boxing
• pushing
• chopping
• slugging
• socking
• stabbing
• rapping
• walloping
• tagging
• biffing
• slogging
• belting
• clocking
• pasting
• stroking
• busting
• bumping
• whaling
• bonking
• pummeling
• beating
• battering
• mauling
• pelting
• mangling
• slashing
• peppering
• lashing
• hanging one on
• buffeting
• cuffing
• stamping
• whipping
• scuffing
• drubbing
• roughing
• prodding
• dumping
• lambasting
• jostling
• butting
• kneeing
• bunging
• flailing
• lacing
• bunting
• thrashing
• creaming
• spearing
• cudgeling
• flogging
• pommeling
• decking
• sapping
• clubbing
• felling
• switching
• caning
• braining
• knocking down
• bowling (down or over)
• leveling
• sledgehammering
• sledging
• conking
• flooring
• sucker punching
• skulling
• beaning
• rabbit-punching

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of thwacking

Modern readers may take heart in the fact that there are many excellent critics thwacking through the slop—albeit with freelance machetes, on newfangled platforms. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026

Max Weinberg sat at his set, thwacking his floor tom, while Lahav fiddled with his dials, stalked into the studio to unplug, replug, and then just physically move the microphone closer to the set, then to the side, and then farther away. — Peter Ames Carlin, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025

Club World Cup viewers may remember the South American receiving the ball, skipping past an opponent, and thwacking in a long-range goal against Urawa Reds in June. — Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

With three classes of accommodation on board, passengers can sit at the windows of vintage cabins paneled with polished cherrywood and draped with blush pink silks as the train rumbles through rubber and palm plantations, giant leaves thwacking the sides. — Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2024