Meanings
interjection
- A thudding noise.
verbthwonk (third-person singular simple present thwonks, present participle thwonking, simple past and past participle thwonked)
present singular third person thwonks · participle present thwonking · participle past thwonked · past thwonked
- ambitransitivecolloquialTo strike, or cause to strike, with a thudding noise.
As time rolls on, the odds are greater that life will sneak up and thwonk you over the head with other unforeseen expenses.
2008 May 31, M. P. Dunleavey, “Paying Off the Debts That Seem Unshakeable”, in New York Times
Origin
Imitative.
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thwonk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thwonk
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“thwonk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thwonk. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thwonk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thwonk.
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