THWACK

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump. "A distant thwacking sound." W. Irving.

2.
v.

To fill to overflow. [Obs.] Stanyhurst.

3.
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.


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