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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
thwack .
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Examples
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He had to commit everything to that, but he made the full commitment, and the sword thwacked home against Ledales torso with an impact that made him grunt in pain.
Exile's Valor Lackey, Mercedes 2003
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He had to commit everything to that, but he made the full commitment, and the sword thwacked home against Ledales torso with an impact that made him grunt in pain.
Exile's Valor Lackey, Mercedes 2003
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They get thwacked by a viral headline and immediately push the panic button.
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.: Just Say No to...Vitamins? Ph.D. Dr. Gregory Jantz 2011
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The violence is smashed home, in stylised fashion: in their Henry VI sequence – "Rose Rage" – cabbages were crunched by axes when heads were severed; here punchbags are thwacked when soldiers attack, and buckets of red liquid sloshed around as men are gashed to death.
She Stoops to Conquer; Henry V, The Winter's Tale – review 2012
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I focused on the little silver ball, ricocheting off the nearest lever, getting thwacked from one end of the machine to the next.
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.: Just Say No to...Vitamins? Ph.D. Dr. Gregory Jantz 2011
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Frankly, I'm tired of getting thwacked, but it's hard to break out of the machine.
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.: Just Say No to...Vitamins? Ph.D. Dr. Gregory Jantz 2011
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How about video of the owie he suffered when he thwacked his head on the backboard on an alley-oop late in the Los Angeles Clippers' 98-90 victory over Minnesota?
Blake Griffin smacks his head on the backboard Cindy Boren 2011
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Frankly, I'm tired of getting thwacked, but it's hard to break out of the machine.
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.: Just Say No to...Vitamins? Ph.D. Dr. Gregory Jantz 2011
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The recent nose dive in crude-oil prices could provide some much-desired relief to shipping companies, airlines and other industries thwacked this year by soaring energy costs, but it will likely take longer to see an impact on their customers' wallets.
What's News— 2011
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They get thwacked by a viral headline and immediately push the panic button.
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.: Just Say No to...Vitamins? Ph.D. Dr. Gregory Jantz 2011
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