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thwack

[thwak] ,
–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.


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.]
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