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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete or dialectal (Scotch) form of thatch.
  • To strike; thump; thwack.
  • noun A stroke; a thwack.
  • noun An obsolete or dialectal (Scotch) form of thatch.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. See thatch, Thatcher.

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  • verb transitive To strike; thump; thwack.
  • noun A stroke; a thwack.
  • noun the weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often thatch specifically
  • verb To cover a roof with thack.

Etymologies

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From Middle English thakken ("to stroke"), from Old English þaccian ("to touch gently, stroke, tap"), from Proto-Germanic *þakwōnan (“to touch lightly”), from Proto-Indo-European *tag-, *taǵ- (“to touch”). Cognate with Old Dutch þakolōn ("to stroke"), Old Norse þykkr ("a thwack, thump, blow"), Icelandic þjökka, þjaka ("to thwack, thump, beat"), Norwegian tjåka ("to strike, beat"), Latin tangō ("touch"). More at thwack, tangent.

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From Middle English thacce, from thakken ("to stroke"). See above.

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From Old English þæc, from Proto-Germanic *þakan, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Cognate with Dutch dak, Low German Dack, Danish tag ("roof"), German Dach ("roof"), Old Norse þak ("thatch, roof"). Akin to Latin toga ("garment") and Ancient Greek στέγος (stegos, "roof"). See also thatch.

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Examples

  • Tree, shed, barn, and chimney-stack, too, seemed to have been turned to the brilliant metal; but to the lad's great relief he saw that the wheelwright was wrong, the "thack" had not caught, and so far the house was safe, though the burning stacks were so near that at any moment the roof of the reed-thatched house might begin to blaze.

    Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp George Manville Fenn 1870

  • Somebody please investigate all of OBama's friends and acquaintances before it's too late. thack

    Angry Clinton supporters tell party leaders: 'Let's go McCain!' 2008

  • Barbie's head went thack thack as I opened the refrigerator.

    DarklyDreamingDexter 2004

  • It swung gently, thumping against the freezer door with a small thack sound.

    Darkly Dreaming Dexter Lindsay, Jeff 2004

  • Barbie's head went thack thack as I opened the refrigerator.

    Darkly Dreaming Dexter Lindsay, Jeff 2004

  • It swung gently, thumping against the freezer door with a small thack sound.

    DarklyDreamingDexter 2004

  • Instead of the thack, thack, thack sound of bills being metered out, he heard the printer printing a receipt; not a good sign.

    The Lions of Lucerne Brad Thor 2002

  • "Ka-thack's" filled the speaker; Red Manley, arms wrapped around his chest, quivered as each blow reverberated.

    White Jazz Ellroy, James, 1948- 1992

  • "No. Please, as God is my witness, no"; Sears said, "God hates liars," and sapped the table three times _Ka-thack!

    White Jazz Ellroy, James, 1948- 1992

  • The locking mechanism gave with a sharp ka-thack; the door opened;

    The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

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equivalents (1)

Other words for 'thack'

  1. thacker

same context (8)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. banditry
  2. buggery
  3. gap-sickness
  4. maiming
  5. nymphomania
  6. ravish
  7. victimisation
  8. wapentake

variants (2)

Variants

  1. Thatcher
  2. thatch

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. under thack and rape

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