thock

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection[edit]

thock

  1. A clear, echoing thud, as of an axe chopping wood.
    • 2007 April 7, Andy Newman, “City Islanders Ponder Future Without Gunfire Across Bay”, in New York Times[1]:
      Despite the construction of muffling sheds and sound barriers, the report has continued largely without interruption — thock, thock, thock-thock, thock.

Noun[edit]

thock (plural thocks)

  1. A clear, echoing thud, as of an axe chopping wood or the keys of a mechanical keyboard.

Verb[edit]

thock (third-person singular simple present thocks, present participle thocking, simple past and past participle thocked)

  1. To make, or cause to make, a thock sound.
    The tennis player thocked her racquet on the ground in annoyance.