thwip

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/ˈθwɪp/

noun

A sound like a light flexible object striking something.

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Meanings

nounthwip (plural thwips)

plural thwips

  1. A sound like a light flexible object striking something.

    A series of beams slit the air in a succession of rapid thwips.

    2002, Karen Hancock, Arena, page 41
verbthwip (third-person singular simple present thwips, present participle thwipping, simple past and past participle thwipped)

present singular third person thwips · participle present thwipping · participle past thwipped · past thwipped

  1. intransitiveTo make this sound.

Origin

Imitative.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with thwip

shiptripskipcliphipstripslipgriplipdipsipequipwhippipsnipkipunzipyiphypscripshippblipquipjip
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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