Thwack — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a hard blow with a flat object

deliver a hard blow to

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/θwˈæk/

🇬🇧British English

/θwˈak/

🇮🇳Indian English

/θwˈak/

1 syllable Say it as /θwˈæk/.

Examples

The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

smack

Parts of Speech

noun	a hard blow with a flat object
verb	deliver a hard blow to “The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved”

Word Forms

thwack	verb	deliver a hard blow to
smack	noun	the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
smacker	noun	a very powerful blow with the fist
smacking	noun	the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
thwack	noun	a hard blow with a flat object

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schlag

ein harter Schlag mit einem flachen Gegenstand

🇫🇷French

claquement

un coup dur avec un objet plat

🇪🇸Spanish

aporrear

un golpe fuerte con un objeto plano

🇮🇹Italian

colpire

un duro colpo con un oggetto piatto

🇳🇱Dutch

dreun

een harde klap met een plat voorwerp

🇵🇹Portuguese

paulada

um golpe forte com um objeto plano

🇷🇺Russian

ударить

сильный удар плоским предметом

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रहार

किसी सपाट वस्तु से जोरदार प्रहार

🇧🇩Bengali

থাবা

একটি সমতল বস্তুর সাথে একটি কঠিন আঘাত

🇮🇳Telugu

కొట్టు

చదునైన వస్తువుతో గట్టి దెబ్బ

🇮🇳Marathi

ठोकणे

एका सपाट वस्तूसह जोरदार धक्का

🇮🇳Gujarati

ધક્કો મારવો

સપાટ પદાર્થ સાથે સખત ફટકો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಥ್ವಾಕ್

ಸಮತಟ್ಟಾದ ವಸ್ತುವಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾದ ಹೊಡೆತ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਥਵਾਕ

ਇੱਕ ਫਲੈਟ ਵਸਤੂ ਨਾਲ ਇੱਕ ਸਖ਼ਤ ਝਟਕਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

تھوک

ایک چپٹی چیز کے ساتھ ایک سخت دھچکا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

钉入

用扁平物体重击

🇯🇵Japanese

たたく

平らな物で強く殴る

🇰🇷Korean

찰싹 때리다

평평한 물체로 강한 타격

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đập mạnh

một cú đánh mạnh bằng một vật phẳng

🇹🇭Thai

หวด

การชกอย่างแรงด้วยวัตถุแบน

🇮🇩Indonesian

pukulan keras

pukulan keras dengan benda datar

🇵🇭Filipino

sampal

isang malakas na suntok sa isang patag na bagay

🇲🇾Malay

tegur

pukulan keras dengan objek rata

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ضربة

ضربة قوية بجسم مسطح

🇹🇷Turkish

vurmak

düz bir cisimle sert bir darbe

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֲבָטָה

מכה קשה עם חפץ שטוח

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The primary meaning of 'thwack' is 'a hard blow with a flat object'.

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