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as in thud
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
he gave the ball a hard thwack with the bat and sent it deep into the outfield
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as in clap
a loud explosive sound
even from the top of the bleachers we could hear the loud thwack of the ball being hit
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as in to slap
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
thwacked the growling dog on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper
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Recent Examples of thwack
Abby Ellin, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024
Tashi practically vibrates with each thwack of the ball.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
Time, 25 Aug. 2023
The lead staff member, a thin Ukrainian woman wearing a turban, offered to thwack people’s lat muscles with the branches—an Eastern European tradition that is said to move circulation and release toxins.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
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Noun
And the thwack, the sound of the glove pummeling the boxing pad, supersedes the pain.
—Abby Ellin, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024
Tashi practically vibrates with each thwack of the ball.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
Verb
Sometimes, there’s just one kid in the class who needs to be thwacked for good measure.
—Time, 25 Aug. 2023
The lead staff member, a thin Ukrainian woman wearing a turban, offered to thwack people’s lat muscles with the branches—an Eastern European tradition that is said to move circulation and release toxins.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
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News that the Mexican government had forced down the Gulfstream and confiscated its 4 tons of cocaine landed with a thud at ICE.Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
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Videos on social media showed bright orange clouds rising over the horizon, as dull thuds of detonations sounded almost continuously.Tony Hicks and Joanna Kozlowska, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
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The vibe is also congenial: A multi-generational, full-capacity crowd claps in time to the ebullient techno between games and cheers in unison when an announcement reveals that a Polish couple who’ve just got engaged here will be enjoying top-tier hospitality for the rest of the tournament.Nick Scott, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
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In an amusing side-by-side clip showing the Only Murders in the Building star, 32, at the award show and joking around about practicing her clap, Gomez can be seen doing nearly the exact same motions.Staff Author, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
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Trump’s talk of slapping 20 percent tariffs onto everything sold to America, including European exports, could spell disaster for Europe’s economy.New York Times, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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Trump’s last term saw the Republican slap tariffs on hundreds of billions worth of Chinese goods, launch a campaign against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and use racist language to describe the virus that causes Covid-19, which was first identified in China.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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The single shot rings out and then a thump as the animal hits the ground.Britta Lokting, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
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The group’s classic instrumentation got a new scaffolding of Jersey club drums, roiling sub-bass and reggaeton thump.August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Winters — who was so terrifying in Heroes of the Fourth Turning and who revealed a messy vulnerability behind Kerry Castellabate’s hard bangs and structured suits on Succession — is a pro at tough, slick surfaces with tangles of insecurity underneath.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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For those with a larger budget, this configuration gives you a lot of bang for your buck, able to play the latest games at their highest settings.Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Last night Prospect Park, smack in the middle of Brooklyn, caught fire.Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2024
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Director Bruce Goodison applies the tension well in the first two thirds of this efficient Shudder release, but then the plot smacks into a dead-end in its final act.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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And in what many consider the final blow to her mayoral career, Thao’s home was raided by FBI agents in July.Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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In a game of dueling masterpieces from Nikola Jokic and Kyrie Irving, neither of them dealt the decisive blow.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Although Tesla isn’t exactly a slouch, the company itself isn’t responsible for its latest stock boom.William Gavin, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
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The United States is in the midst of the biggest boom in clean energy manufacturing investments in history, spurred by laws like the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.James Morton Turner, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Thwack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thwack. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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