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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thwack \Thwack\ (thw[a^]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. "A distant thwacking sound." --W.
        Irving.


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     2. To fill to overflow. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thwack \Thwack\, n.
     A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.
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           With many a stiff thwack, many a bang,
           Hard crab tree and old iron rang.        --Hudibras.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thwack
       n : a hard blow with a flat object
       v : deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who
           had misbehaved" [syn: {smack}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  85 Moby Thesaurus words for "thwack":
     bang, bash, bat, beating, belt, biff, blow, bonk, bop, bump, burst,
     bust, chop, clap, clash, clip, clobber, clout, clump, coldcock,
     crack, crash, crump, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, dig, dint,
     drub, drubbing, drumming, fetch, fetch a blow, flap, flop,
     fusillade, hit, hit a clip, jab, knock, knock cold, knock down,
     knock out, let have it, lick, paste, pelt, plunk, poke, pound,
     punch, rap, report, slam, slap, slat, slog, slug, smack, smash,
     smite, snap, soak, sock, splat, strike, strike at, stroke, swap,
     swat, swing, swipe, tap, tattoo, thump, wallop, welt, whack, wham,
     whap, whomp, whop, yerk
  
  

















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