thwack
verb (used with object)
to strike or beat vigorously with something flat; whack.
thwacked
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past participleof thwack.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof thwack.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
thwackverb (used with object)to strike or beat vigorously with something flat; whack.
Example Sentences
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“The shucked abalone is trimmed, butterflied, and thwacked lightly with a mallet.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
His mother, wife, sister and sons thwacked the trees with sticks and rakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
When Mirren allows herself to be body-slammed, the shock of seeing the cinema’s queen thwacked into concrete makes it impossible to focus on the stakes of the scene.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
When Neil Wagner tried to bounce him, Brook cleared the front leg and thwacked the ball away, baseball-style.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2023
The children gasped as the boat flew up into the air and Maalu thwacked back into the ocean.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
