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单词 thwack
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thwackn.

Brit. /θwak/, U.S. /θwæk/
Etymology: < thwack v.
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.

Brit. /θwak/, U.S. /θwæk/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s thwacke, thwak, 1500s, 1700s dialect twack.
Etymology: apparently echoic, from the sound of beating vigorously: see sense 1.But it may have been altered from the earlier thack v.2, originally to pat, to clap, but in 1480 used of showering blows, the initial thw- expressing more forcible effort than th- ; the sense ‘clap’ might also pass easily into sense 3 here, which does not easily arise out of 1.
1.
a. transitive. To beat or strike vigorously, as with a stick; to bang, thrash, whack.
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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.
absolute.1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 20 Flayles lustily thwack, least plough, seede lack.
b. figurative. To ‘beat’ in a contest, to defeat severely.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
b. intransitive (for reflexive). To crowd (to a place). rare.
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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.
c. transitive. To pack or crowd (a thing or place). Const. with something. Obsolete.Much used in this sense from c1585 to 1700.
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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.
d. intransitive (for passive). To be packed or filled full.
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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.
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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).
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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).
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