thwack Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a hard blow with a flat object
  2. verb deliver a hard blow to
    smack.
    • The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved

WordNet

Thwack transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. OE. thakken to stroke, AS. accian, E. whack.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Thwacked ; present participle & verbal noun Thwacking
Definitions
  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.
Thwack noun
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913