On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Thwack. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as blow or smack and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Thwack meaning
- To hit (someone or something) hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; to thrash, to whack.
- To drive or force (someone or something) by, or as if by, beating or hitting; to knock.
- To pack (people or things) closely together; to cram.
Using Thwack
- The main meaning on this page is: To hit (someone or something) hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; to thrash, to whack. | To drive or force (someone or something) by, or as if by, beating or hitting; to knock. | To pack (people or things) closely together; to cram.
- Useful related words include: blow, smack, hit.
- In the example corpus, thwack often appears in combinations such as: thwack of, the thwack.
Context around Thwack
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thwack
- In this selection, "thwack" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, satisfying, single, steady and rings stand out and add context to how "thwack" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a single thwack on a and a steady thwack rings out. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thwack" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thwack
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The thwack of flesh as players collide. (7 words)
A steady “thwack” rings out at the driving range just outside Nigeria’s capital Abuja. (15 words)
In Militarie Gun’s hands, even a single thwack on a drum—cleanly recorded but swinging with a Neanderthal weight—can sound like a resounding declaration. (26 words)
The thwack of the nagarbetta, the thin whip used by the jockey to hit the animal, rises above the yells of the rider, as they near the finishing line — a spectacle repeated through the day, as over 100 pairs of buffaloes compete for honours. (44 words)
Bennies means Benzedrine and what followed was an amphetamine charge of bleeding noise jazz that burned for three and a half minutes until the reel-to-reel tape reached its end with a thwack. (34 words)
And if the atavism of progressive men were her only target, however complicated and ornately she painted it, “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” might land with a more satisfying thwack. (32 words)
Example sentences (7)
And if the atavism of progressive men were her only target, however complicated and ornately she painted it, “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” might land with a more satisfying thwack.
Aside from an initial aroma of green apple, it literally gives me a thwack of fresh-off-the-vine cherry tomato on the nose, complete with the green stalky note.
In Militarie Gun’s hands, even a single thwack on a drum—cleanly recorded but swinging with a Neanderthal weight—can sound like a resounding declaration.
A steady “thwack” rings out at the driving range just outside Nigeria’s capital Abuja.
The thwack of flesh as players collide.
The thwack of the nagarbetta, the thin whip used by the jockey to hit the animal, rises above the yells of the rider, as they near the finishing line — a spectacle repeated through the day, as over 100 pairs of buffaloes compete for honours.
Bennies means Benzedrine and what followed was an amphetamine charge of bleeding noise jazz that burned for three and a half minutes until the reel-to-reel tape reached its end with a thwack.
Common combinations with thwack
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- thwack of 3×
- the thwack 2×