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noun

plural of thwack

as in thuds

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument he gave the ball a hard thwack with the bat and sent it deep into the outfield

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as in claps

a loud explosive sound even from the top of the bleachers we could hear the loud thwack of the ball being hit

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verb

present tense third-person singular of thwack

as in slaps

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner thwacked the growling dog on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper

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Noun

At last week’s class, high-fives and hair-styling tips were generously distributed between thwacks of tennis balls. — Lynda Lin Grigsby, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Verb

Morrison Strikes the Student, Too A few moments later, Morrison thwacks the boy in the center with a footlong plastic cylinder. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 24 July 2026

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Noun

Rapp, up on Taft Point, heard two thuds.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Likewise, the score by Tony Doogan leans too heavily on generic electronic thuds, the kind that segue into a commercial break cliffhanger and an ad for blood pressure medicine.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of thuds

Noun

The entire gymnasium roared with claps and cheers, the loudest and most fervent applause of the evening.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
The Golf Channel would always be playing in the background; the soft claps were the soundtrack to our slow Saturdays.

— Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026

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Verb

At one point, the pair crack up while lying in the same bed, and later, the Eras headliner knocks a cup off a sink, making the Fifty Shades of Grey actress break character.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026
With two outs in the opening frame, Junior Caminero and Jonny DeLuca ripped consecutive RBI knocks to put Tampa Bay up 2-0.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of knocks

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To an unusual degree, growth in economies up and down the AI stack is driven by the twin investment and market booms.

— RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
Unlike in Williamsburg and Soho, where artists’-loft conversions catalyzed subsequent real-estate booms, Gowanus artists mostly live in the surrounding neighborhoods rather than in Gowanus itself.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026

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