Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thwack"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thwack \Thwack\ (thw[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thwacked}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Thwacking}.] [Cf. OE. thakken to stroke, AS.
[thorn]accian, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thwack \Thwack\, n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thwack
n : a hard blow with a flat object
v : deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who
had misbehaved" [syn: {smack}]
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