thwack
verb (used with object)
to strike or beat vigorously with something flat; whack.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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Watch how Louise staggers off from a moment of social embarrassment, as if she had thwacked herself in the head with a cartoon rake.
From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2019