thwack : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thwack	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for thwack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thwack n a hard blow with a flat object v deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved" Synonym(s): smack, thwack
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thwack \Thwack\ (thw[acr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thwacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thwacking}.] [Cf. OE. thakken to stroke, AS. [thorn]accian, E. whack.] 1. To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump. [bd]A distant thwacking sound.[b8] --W. Irving. 2. To fill to overflow. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thwack \Thwack\, n. 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.