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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.
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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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Word Origin & History
thwack
"to hit hard with a stick," 1530, of echoic origin. The noun is recorded from 1587.
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