twock

twock is the alternative form of twoc.

Noun

twock

(uncommon) The sharp, quick sound of one hard thing hitting another hard (or rubber or leather) thing, especially sports equipment such as a bat hitting a ball.
- Hordes of shadow people, adult and child, milled from one end of this yellowing old room to the other, stopping to hunch over assorted fantasy devices. The noise was stunning, a garble of mechanical exclamation, the twock twock of the air hockey games […]1977, New West, page NQ-2
- Spring is the twong! twock! of the tennis court and a new crack jagging along the concrete. Spring is pants cuffs filled with new clipped grass.1984, Bob Talbert, Good Moanin: The Best of Bob Talbert, Detroit Free Press, →ISBN
(uncommon) A twang; the sharp, quick sound an arrow being shot (and a bowstring vibrating) or hitting something hard.
- […] he offered Olivia the bow. […] Twock! “Dead center!” “What skill,” cried Cara, with a clap of her hands. “What luck,” riposted her cousin. What fun. Olivia stilled the quivering bowstring with her thumb but it was not quite so easy to control the twitch of her lips. […]2004, Andrea DaRif, A Kiss of Spice, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 21
- All other sound was buried in the heavy twock of longbows, and the hiss and thud of Merron arrows seeking and finding their target. The soldiers' limp bodies tumbled to the water with mighty splashes. Their blood washed downstream […]2010, Hachette Assorted Authors, Scoundrels, Monsters, and Special Circumstances: Orbit October-December 2010, Orbit, →ISBN

Meaning of twoc

Verb

twoc (third-person singular simple present twocs, present participle twoccing or twocking, simple past and past participle twocced or twocked)

(UK, regional, slang) To steal (especially a car).
- Most familiarly, juveniles twoc cars. But, I suggest, readers twoc writings.1994 Winter, John Hartley, “Twoccing and joyreading”, in Terence Hawkes, editor, Textual Practice, volume 8, number 3, page 2

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Forms of twock

third-person singular present	twocks
present participle	twocking
past participle	twocked
past	twocked

Origin of twock

Onomatopoeia.

Questions about twock

What does twock mean?: Twock means the sharp, quick sound of one hard thing hitting another hard (or rubber or leather) thing, especially sports equipment such as a bat hitting a ball.
What is twock the alternative form of?: Twock is the alternative form of twoc.
What part of speech is twock?: Twock is a noun.

Words near twock in the dictionary

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