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Webster 1913 Edition

Thwack

Thwack

(thwăk)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Thwacked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Thwacking
.]
[Cf. OE.
thakken
to stroke, AS.
þaccian
, 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

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Thwack

THWACK

,
Verb.
T.
To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang; to beat or thrash.

THWACK

,
Noun.
A heavy blow with something flat or heavy.

Definition 2024

thwack

thwack

English

Noun

thwack ‎(plural thwacks)

  1. The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement.
  2. A heavy slapping sound.

Verb

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

  1. To whack or hit with a flat implement.
    • Washington Irving
      a distant thwacking sound
  2. To beat.
  3. To fill to overflow.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Stanyhurst to this entry?)

Etymology

From a variant (influenced by whack) of Middle English thakken ‎(“to stroke”), from Old English þaccian ‎(“to touch gently, stroke, tap”), from Proto-Germanic *þakwōną ‎(“to touch lightly”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- ‎(“to touch”). Cognate with Old Dutch þakolōn ‎(“to stroke”), Old Norse þykkr ‎(“a thwack, thump, blow”), Icelandic þjökka, þjaka ‎(“to thwack, thump, beat”), Norwegian tjåka ‎(“to strike, beat”), Latin tangō ‎(“touch”). More at tangent. It should also be noted that early foreign scribes of Middle English confused "th" and "wh", as did some writers. This disappeared for the most part once Middle English spelling had developed.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: thwăk, IPA(key): /θwæk/
  • Rhymes: -æk

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