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thwip

/ˈθwɪp/

thwip noun: a sound like a light flexible object striking something.

Noun

thwip (plural thwips)

  1. A sound like a light flexible object striking something.
    • A series of beams slit the air in a succession of rapid thwips.2002, Karen Hancock, Arena, page 41

Verb

thwip (third-person singular simple present thwips, present participle thwipping, simple past and past participle thwipped)

  1. (intransitive) To make this sound.

thwip meaning in Bengali

thwip in Bengali

এই ধরনের শব্দ করা

Forms of thwip

Noun
pluralthwips
Verb
third-person singular presentthwips
present participlethwipping
past participlethwipped
pastthwipped

Origin of thwip

Imitative.

Words that rhyme with thwip

39 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about thwip

What does thwip mean?
Thwip means a sound like a light flexible object striking something.
What is thwip in Bengali?
Thwip in Bengali is এই ধরনের শব্দ করা. See Thwip meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is thwip?
Thwip can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce thwip?
Thwip is pronounced /ˈθwɪp/.
What is the plural of thwip?
The plural of thwip is thwips.

Words near thwip in the dictionary

  1. thwartways
  2. thwartwise
  3. thwarty
  4. Thweatt
  5. Thweatts
  6. thwip
  7. thwipped
  8. thwipping
  9. thwips
  10. thwite
  11. thwited

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: thwip (page history and authors); thwip (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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