thwack
verb (used with object)
to strike or beat vigorously with something flat; whack.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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A couple of Bostonians were thwacking each other at the Yankee Stadium in New York last week, thereby enabling Promoter Tex Rickard to collect some $250,000 from 40,000 spectators.
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