THWACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thwack mean? 

• THWACK (noun)
  The noun THWACK has 1 sense:

1. a hard blow with a flat object

  Familiarity information: THWACK used as a noun is very rare.

• THWACK (verb)
  The verb THWACK has 1 sense:

1. deliver a hard blow to

  Familiarity information: THWACK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THWACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hard blow with a flat object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("thwack" is a kind of...):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)

Derivation:

thwack (deliver a hard blow to)

• THWACK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they thwack    ... he / she / it thwacks   
Past simple: thwacked   
Past participle: thwacked   
-ing form: thwacking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deliver a hard blow to

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

smack; thwack

Context example:

The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved

Hypernyms (to "thwack" is one way to...):

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to thwack his opponent

Derivation:

thwack (a hard blow with a flat object)

 Context examples 

By the side of the column walked a huge red-headed bowman, with his hands thrown out in argument and expostulation, while close at his heels followed a little wrinkled woman who poured forth a shrill volley of abuse, varied by an occasional thwack from her stick, given with all the force of her body, though she might have been beating one of the forest trees for all the effect that she seemed likely to produce.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)