thwack

IPA: θwˈɔk

noun

  • An act of hitting hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; a whack; also, a powerful stroke involved in such hitting; a blow, a strike.
  • A dull or heavy slapping sound.

verb

  • (transitive)
  • To hit (someone or something) hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; to thrash, to whack.
  • (also figuratively) To drive or force (someone or something) by, or as if by, beating or hitting; to knock.
  • To pack (people or things) closely together; to cram.
  • (figuratively) To decisively defeat (someone) in a contest; to beat, to thrash.
  • (obsolete) To crowd or pack (a place or thing) with people, objects, etc.
  • (intransitive)
  • To fall down hard with a thump.
  • (obsolete) To be crammed or filled full.
  • (obsolete, rare) Of people: to crowd or pack a place.
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