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thwack

  [thwak] ,
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–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; imit.

Related forms:
thwacker, noun
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thwack   (thwāk)   
tr.v.   thwacked, thwack·ing, thwacks
To strike or hit with a flat object; whack.
n.  A hard blow with a flat object; a whack.

[Imitative.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

thwack 
"to hit hard with a stick," 1530, of echoic origin. The noun is recorded from 1587.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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