thwap

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interjection

The sound of a heavy smack.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

interjection
  1. 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
verbthwap (third-person singular simple present thwaps, present participle thwapping, simple past and past participle thwapped)

present singular third person thwaps · participle present thwapping · participle past thwapped · past thwapped

  1. 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

Cite this entry
APA

thwap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thwap

MLA

“thwap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thwap. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thwap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thwap.

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