thwap

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Interjection

thwap

1. The sound of a heavy smack.
   • 2007 December 2, Stephanie Zacharek, “Mad”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     THE COMPLETELY MAD DON MARTIN, a two-volume honker that includes every drawing Martin ever published in the magazine, answers the question with a definitive thwap: Martin's cartoons are still weird.

Verb

thwap (third-person singular simple present thwaps, present participle thwapping, simple past and past participle thwapped)

1. To make, or cause to make, a heavy smacking sound.
   • 2004, Anthony Doerr, About Grace, page 241:

     Reflectors in the road thwapped beneath the tires, setting a regular, almost reassuring pace.