Meanings
- The sound of a heavy smack.
THE COMPLETELY MAD DON MARTIN, a two-volume honker that includes every drawing Martin ever published in the magazine, answers the question with a definitive thwap: Martin's cartoons are still weird.
2007 December 2, Stephanie Zacharek, “Mad”, in New York Times
present singular third person thwaps · participle present thwapping · participle past thwapped · past thwapped
- To make, or cause to make, a heavy smacking sound.
Reflectors in the road thwapped beneath the tires, setting a regular, almost reassuring pace.
2004, Anthony Doerr, About Grace, page 241
Origin
Imitative.
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