out-thwack
verb (used with object)
1.
to strike or beat vigorously with something flat; whack.
noun
2.
a sharp blow with something flat.
Origin:
1520–30; imitative
1520–30; imitative
Related forms
thwack·er, noun
out·thwack, verb (used with object)
un·thwacked, adjective
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thwack (θwæk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to beat, hit, or flog, esp with something flat |
| —n | |
| 2. | a. a blow with something flat |
| b. the sound made by it | |
| —interj | |
| 3. | an exclamation imitative of this sound |
| [C16: of imitative origin] | |
| 'thwacker | |
| —n | |
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Out-thwack
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
thwack
"to hit hard with a stick," 1530, of echoic origin. The noun is recorded from 1587.
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