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Definition of Thwack
1. Verb. Deliver a hard blow to. "The fighter managed to thwack his opponent"; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"
2. Noun. A hard blow with a flat object.
Definition of Thwack
1. v. t. To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump.
2. n. A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.
Definition of Thwack
1. Noun. The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement. ¹
2. Noun. To strike with a wet, slapping sound. ¹
3. Verb. To whack or hit with flat implement. ¹
4. Verb. To beat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thwack
1. to strike with something flat [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Thwack
1. 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: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thwack
Literary usage of Thwack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Philip Van Artevelde: A Dramatic Romance. In Two Parts by Henry Taylor (1883)
"Four hundred fire-new knights there should be made BH'nrc the battle joins, and
I 'm to make them ; My lord of Clisson, am I not 1 thwack, thwack, thwack, ..."
2. Philip Van Artevelde: A Dramatic Romance, in Two Parts by Henry Taylor (1852)
"thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack, will go my sword, thwack, thwack.
... kneel you down And I will—thwack—I'll try my hand—thwack, thwack. ..."
3. Philip Van Artevelde: A Dramatic Romance, in Two Parts by Henry Taylor (1835)
"thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack, will go my sword, thwack, thwack.
... kneel you down And I will — thwack — I 'll try my hand— thwack, ..."
4. In Sunshine Land by Edith Matilda Thomas, Katharine Pyle (1895)
"thwack-THE-HOUSE-IN-THE-RIBS N windless winter nights, When cloudless are the
heights, And every planet sheen Drives lances long and keen ; When snow-fleece ..."
5. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1844)
"... -a-thwack, &c. Jove's roaring cannons, and his rammers We beat out with our
Lemnian hammers; Mars his gauntlet, helme, and speare, And Gorgon shield, ..."
6. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"Dan. butt, to slap, strike ; bask, a slap, thwack ; allied to Swed. basa, to
whip, flog, beat (Ihre). Cf. posh. Box (4), in phr. 'to box the compass. ..."
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