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thwacking
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thwack \Thwack\ (thw[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Thwacking.] [Cf. OE. thakken to stroke, AS.
To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump. ``A distant thwacking sound.''
--W. Irving.To fill to overflow. [Obs.]
--Stanyhurst.
Wiktionary
n. The action or sound of a thwack; a beating. vb. (present participle of thwack English)
Usage examples of "thwacking".
There came a sudden thwacking noise, and Schofield immediately felt a stinging, burning sensation on the back of his neck and then, to his horror, he suddenly realized that the thwacking noise had been the sound of something impacting against his neck at extremely high speed.
VI How I envy those who become prudent without thwackings of experience!
Thou art already proved by thwackings, seasoned to the undertaking, and I doubt not thou art he that will finish with that tadpole Shagpat, and sit in the high seat, thy name an odour in distant lands, a joy to the historian, the Compiler of Events, thou Master of the Event, the greatest which time will witness for ages to come.
The failure in the unveiling of her last-cherished Illusion was in the succumbing frailty of him that undertook the task, the world and its wise men having come to the belief that in thwackings there was ignominy to the soul of man, and a tarnish on the lustre of heroes.