单词 | thwack |
释义 | thwackn. A vigorous stroke with a stick or the like; a whack. Also as int. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > vigorous thwack1587 thwacking1736 1587 T. Hughes Misfortunes Arthur iv. ii Boystrous bangs with thumping thwacks fall thicke. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. ii. 76 A company of lusty shoulder-thumpers, who discharg'd the mutuall thwacks so stoutly, that they made a noise, as if they were beating of hemp. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 132 But Talgol first with hardy thwack Twice bruiz'd his head, & twice his back. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub xi. 205 Noble Captain, Lend a reasonable Thwack..with that Cane of yours. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra (1851) 250 Bestowing a hearty thwack with a cudgel on the flanks of his donkey. 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel II. viii. 137 Sounding a thwack on his knee. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xv. 156 And then—Thwack! Anne had brought her slate down on Gilbert's head. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 14 Aug. 6/3 Thwack! Boston's Jim Rice sends the first pitch sailing over the left-field wall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). thwackv. 1. a. transitive. To beat or strike vigorously, as with a stick; to bang, thrash, whack. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat threshOE beatc1000 to lay on?c1225 chastise1362 rapa1400 dressc1405 lack?c1475 paya1500 currya1529 coil1530 cuff1530 baste1533 thwack1533 lick1535 firka1566 trounce1568 fight1570 course1585 bumfeage1589 feague1589 lamback1589 lambskin1589 tickle1592 thrash1593 lam1595 bumfeagle1598 comb1600 fer1600 linge1600 taw1600 tew1600 thrum1604 feeze1612 verberate1614 fly-flap1620 tabor1624 lambaste1637 feak1652 flog1676 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slipper1682 liquora1689 curry-comb1708 whack1721 rump1735 screenge1787 whale1790 lather1797 tat1819 tease1819 larrup1823 warm1824 haze1825 to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839 flake1841 swish1856 hide1875 triangle1879 to give (a person or thing) gyp1887 soak1892 to loosen (a person's) hide1902 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (transitive)] > strike hard or vigorously dingc1300 knock1377 thwack1533 stoter1690 sock1699 whack1721 slog1824 whither1825 drub1849 thack1861 slug1862 dang1866 whomp1973 1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Iohan Iohan sig. A.iv I shall bete her and thwak her. a1535 More in Wordsw. Eccl. Biog. (1818) II. 123 Now I will speak but three words, and I durst jeopard a wager that none here [i.e. on the Continent] shall pronounce it after me: ‘Thwarts [? error for Thwaites] thwackt him with a thwitle’. 1560 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child G ij Beynge full often with the staffe thwacked. a1627 T. Middleton Mayor of Quinborough (1661) v. i. 61 Take all my Cushions down and thwack them soundly. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vii. 32 To snatch the Cudgel..that he might Thwack Lewis with it. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. iv. 82 To see two sturdy fellows thwack and belabour each other with quarter-staff, single-stick, or fists. b. figurative. To ‘beat’ in a contest, to defeat severely. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > soundly threshc1384 to knock the socks offa1529 thump1597 thrash1609 thwacka1616 capot1649 to beat to snuff1819 to knock into a cocked hat1830 to —— (the) hell out of1833 sledgehammer1834 rout1835 whop1836 skin1838 whip-saw1842 to knock (the) spots off1850 to make mincemeat of1853 to mop (up) the floor with1875 to beat pointless1877 to lick into fits1879 to take apart1880 to knock out1883 wax1884 contund1885 to give (a person) fits1885 to wipe the floor with1887 flatten1892 to knock (someone) for six1902 slaughter1903 slather1910 to hit for six1937 hammer1948 whomp1952 bulldozer1954 zilch1957 shred1966 tank1973 slam-dunk1975 beast1977 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. v. 183 Here's he that was wont to thwacke our Generall, Caius Martius. View more context for this quotation 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 40 What adventurous knight ever thought of the lady's terror, when he went to thwack giant, dragon, or magician,..for her deliverance? 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. ii. 18 If we count three before the come of thee, thwacked thou art. c. intransitive. To fall with a thwack or sharp knock. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > with force or violence dump1333 swapc1386 to shove downc1400 squat1587 to go down1697 spank1800 thwacka1851 to beat down1860 a1851 D. M. Moir Winter Wild vii To the quaking sheet below, Down thwacks he, with a thud like thunder! 2. transitive. To drive or force by or as by thwacking or beating; to knock (down, in, out, etc.). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > by striking or beating smitec1330 swapa1375 inbeatc1420 possa1425 rushc1440 strike1450 ram1519 pash1530 thwack1566 whip1567 thump1596 lash1597 knocka1616 switcha1625 to knock down1653 to knock in1669 stave1837 whip1868 slog1884 to beat down- 1566 T. Drant Wailyngs Hieremiah in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Kiiij To thwacke downe walles, To euen theim with the flore. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 37 Wee'l thwack him hence with Distaffes. View more context for this quotation 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 126 Beating or Thwacking the Yeast into working Ale or Beer. 1906 Outlook 22 Sept. 374/1 If Busby's rhythmic rod thwacked Latin metre into the head of more than one poet. 3. a. To clap; to clap together, to pack or crowd together (things or persons); to clap down. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > crowd together thrumble1513 throng1539 pack1545 serr1562 close1566 frequent1578 thwack1589 contrude1609 crowd1612 serry1639 wedge1720 stuff1728 pig1745 jam1771 condensate1830 wad1850 sardine1895 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks ii. 24 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks The bushie thornie fields, Where many grauell stones be thwackt. 1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists 14 [He] thwacks fourteene Scriptures into the margent. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 24 Who would have thought a man could have thwackt together so many incongruous similitudes..? 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 151 The shruff, moss and hair, that the nest was thwackt together of. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 25 Many of them being thwackt together into one Room, they are not a little straitned. 1760 J. Mair Tyro's Dict. (1820) 372 Stipatio,..a cramming or thwacking of things together. 1902 Daily Chron. 17 Feb. 7/5 [Prisoner in Police Court], I don't care what you say; thwack me down three months' [hard labour] in the book, quick. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > come or go in great numbers flocka1400 to have concourse1555 concur1577 thwacka1652 stream1735 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > towards each other, converge > of numbers of people flocka1400 afflue1483 to have concourse1555 concur1577 conflow1606 thwacka1652 pile1925 a1652 R. Brome City Wit ii. ii. sig. B8v, in Five New Playes (1653) All the wise wenches i'the Town will thwack to such Sanctuaries, when the times are troublesome. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > stuff or cram cramc1000 pitchc1300 thrustc1380 purra1398 stopc1400 farcec1405 stuffc1440 line?1521 enfarce1531 threstc1540 pack1567 prag1567 prop1568 referse1580 thwack1582 ram1590 pang1637 farcinate1638 stivea1639 thrack1655 to craw outa1658 trig1660 steeve1669 stow1710 jam1719 squab1819 farcy1830 cram-jam1880 jam-pack1936 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 58 Weau'd wurcks thwackt with honor. 1588 A. Munday Banqvet Daintie Conceits sig. C1v He that had his Barnes so thwakt, and bad his soule take rest. 1607 J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough 15 The field was thwacked with thornes, tares, and noysome weeds. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 103 Its Streets were..thwack'd with Carts, pester'd with Porters. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 58 We could discern the River to be thwacked with small Craft. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up space [verb (intransitive)] > be or become full > be stuffed or crammed strut?1611 thwack1650 stuff1799 1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples i. 114 The Church..was as full as it could thwack in thick multitudes. Compounds The verb-stem in combination with a noun. thwack-coat adj. that thwacks the coat. ΚΠ 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 71 To be sold at the signe of the Crabbtree Cudgell in Thwacke-coate Lane. thwack-stave n. a quarter-staff, a cudgel. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] sowelc893 treec893 cudgelc897 stinga900 bat?c1225 sticka1275 clubc1275 truncheon14.. bourdonc1325 bastona1400 warderera1400 plantc1400 kibble1411 playloomc1440 hurlbatc1450 ploykc1450 rung1491 libberlac1500 waster1533 batonc1550 macana1555 libbet1562 bastinado1574 crab-tree comb1593 tomahawkc1612 billeta1616 wiper1622 batoon1637 gibbeta1640 crab-bat1647 kibbo1688 Indian club1694 batterdasher1696 crab-stick1703 bloodwipea1705 bludgeon1730 kierie1731 oaken towel1739 crab1740 shillelagh1772 knobstick1783 pogamogganc1788 whirlbat1791 nulla-nulla1798 waddy1800 kevel1807 supple1815 mere1820 hurlet1825 knobkerrie1826 blackthorn1829 bastera1833 twig1842 leangle1845 alpeen1847 banger1849 billy1856 thwack-stave1857 clump1868 cosh1869 nulla1878 sap1899 waddy1899 blunt instrument1923 1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 504 Every bodily exercise,..the footrace or the gallop, single~stick or thwackstave, spear or sword. Derivatives thwacked adj. /θwækt/ (a) beaten; †(b) packed, crowded (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > crowded together thickc893 throngc1450 frequented1578 thwackeda1670 crowded1725 serried1834 a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 64 Let two or three be gathered together in his name..but if you will multiply those two or three to hundreds..of souls, O then his desire is upon..those thwackt congregations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1587v.1533 |
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