EGAVE

thwack

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To hit (someone or something) hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; to thrash, to whack.
  2. verb To hit (someone or something) hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; to thrash, to whack.
  3. verb To drive or force (someone or something) by, or as if by, beating or hitting; to knock.
  4. verb To pack (people or things) closely together; to cram.
  5. verb To decisively defeat (someone) in a contest; to beat, to thrash.
  6. verb To crowd or pack (a place or thing) with people, objects, etc. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  7. verb To fall down hard with a thump. To be crammed or filled full. Of people: to crowd or pack a place.
  8. verb To fall down hard with a thump.

Similar words

smack whap whack whomp wham butt bonk crash bang strike

Often followed by

of on and with as across that against the

Word family

thwacked thwacking thwacks

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