Definitions
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- interjection Alternative form of
thock .
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Examples
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The baseballs were soft-core, and instead of the crack of a bat there was more of a "thwop" as Pujols connected with the pitches.
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The baseballs were soft-core, and instead of the crack of a bat there was more of a "thwop" as Pujols connected with the pitches.
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The baseballs were soft-core, and instead of the crack of a bat there was more of a "thwop" as Pujols connected with the pitches.
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I was shop-vac-ing my "Princess Cat Parlour" - I'll explain what this is shortly - when I heard a "thwop" following by the bagpipey noise that indicates, "In four hours the ship blows up, Captain."
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had a squirrel miss sticking the landing on a branch overhead and dropped with a wet "thwop" into the middle of a group ride.
The Dignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Cold-Blooded Murder BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Jaffron pulled his palms from the glass with a wet thwop! and shook the numbness from his arms.
High Jinks Mark Flanagan 2011
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The rhythmic “thwop … thwop … thwop” of a scuffed baseball smacking the web of a broken-in glove is without question a sound of peace.
Paradise General Dr. Dave Hnida 2010
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The rhythmic “thwop … thwop … thwop” of a scuffed baseball smacking the web of a broken-in glove is without question a sound of peace.
Paradise General Dr. Dave Hnida 2010
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Svenson heard the doors opening, the scuffle and creak of the men lifting the fallen Duke, the thwop of water slopping out of the tub, the scuffle of footsteps and finally the closing of the door.
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Dahlquist, Gordon 2006
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Three or four times I got hold of an easy ball and crushed it with a satisfying thwop, like someone beating a rug, but each time, my rocket rebounded high off the back wall and was a simple putaway.
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