thwack
thwack
Definition
thwack (t̸hwak)
transitive verb
to strike with something flat; whack
Etymology: prob. echoic
noun
a blow with something flat
thwack
Synonyms
thwack
Synonyms
thwack
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- willow: Stephanie 11-07-2006, 12:40 For all us lovers of the thwack of willow on leather, the weavers of spells with the crimson rambler.
Object
- ball: Girls charge in and out, someone is playing an electric guitar and two boys thwack billiard balls round a table.
Adjective modifier
- resounding: Then, grunting with effort, they lunge furiously, colliding with resounding thwacks, red-faced and panting.
- good: It is claimed to be shatterproof and more than able to withstand a seriously good thwack with the handset.
Noun used with modifier
- timpani: The Scherzo is rhythmically alive, the rhythms punctuated by timpani thwacks; shadows hang over the Lento.
