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Meanings of thwack in English

Portuguese
beijar ruidosamente
Catalan
copejar
Spanish
golpear

Deliver a hard blow to.

beijar ruidosamente
Usage of thwack in English
1
If it is not in him, thwack it in with your tawse.
Gilian The Dreamer: His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
2
A loud thwack shakes the roof of the guesthouse where we sleep.
Full Circle
3
It has been replaced by the unmistakable thwack of seven-year-olds on rubber.
The Irish Times
4
You fume, fuss, maybe even give the machine a good thwack.
Wired
5
There was a sickening thwack as Cadmus made the face unrecognizable.
Caesar Dies
6
The resounding thwack startled a butcher's pony standing by the pavement.
The Patrician
7
The rhythmic thwack of rotor blades receded as it disappeared over the ridgeline.
The charlemagne pursuit
8
The thwack of the bat and the dragging of feet at the stumps.
Radio NZ
9
And with a resounding thwack he brought his riding-cane down across Jan's forehead.
Jan: A Dog and a Romance
10
He gave me a lusty rapping thwack on my back,-whatthen?
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
11
It has these really mushy keys that really thwack every time you hit one.
Wired
12
I cried, and with a single thwack I felled the ruffian to the floor.
A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
13
The last thwack took all the fight out of him.
The Magic Speech Flower / or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
14
The swarthy captor dealt Hugh a hard thwack on the side of his head.
The Boy Scouts on Picket Duty
15
On the road of life, it's sometimes important to stop and thwack your sieve.
Wired
16
Came to the rescue, bade prompt thwack of thong dispense
Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher
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Translations for thwack
Spanish
golpear
Thwack through the time
Thwack across language varieties
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