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Definition of thwack noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

thwack

noun

/θwæk/

/θwæk/

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the action of hitting somebody/something hard, making a short loud sound; the short loud sound made by this action
- She gave him a playful thwack on the arm.
- the thwack of bat on ball
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