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thwips

thwips is the plural of thwip.

thwips is the third-person singular simple present indicative of thwip.

Meaning of thwip

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

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Questions about thwips

What is thwips the plural of?
Thwips is the plural of thwip.

Words near thwips in the dictionary

  1. Thweatt
  2. Thweatts
  3. thwip
  4. thwipped
  5. thwipping
  6. thwips
  7. thwite
  8. thwited
  9. thwites
  10. thwiting
  11. thwittle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thwips (page history and authors); thwip (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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