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thwap

thwap interjection: the sound of a heavy smack.

Interjection

  1. The sound of a heavy smack.
    • THE COMPLETELY MAD DON MARTIN, a two-volume honker that includes every drawing Martin ever published in the magazine, answers the question with a definitive thwap: Martin's cartoons are still weird.2007 December 2, Stephanie Zacharek, “Mad”, in New York Times

Verb

thwap (third-person singular simple present thwaps, present participle thwapping, simple past and past participle thwapped)

  1. To make, or cause to make, a heavy smacking sound.
    • Reflectors in the road thwapped beneath the tires, setting a regular, almost reassuring pace.2004, Anthony Doerr, About Grace, page 241

Forms of thwap

third-person singular presentthwaps
present participlethwapping
past participlethwapped
pastthwapped

Origin of thwap

Imitative.

Questions about thwap

What does thwap mean?
Thwap means the sound of a heavy smack.
What part of speech is thwap?
Thwap can be an interjection or a verb.

Words near thwap in the dictionary

  1. thwaite
  2. Thwaite Flat
  3. thwaites
  4. Thwaites Glacier
  5. Thwaiteses
  6. thwap
  7. thwapped
  8. thwapping
  9. thwaps
  10. thwart
  11. thwartable

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