thwip

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Imitative.

Interjection[edit]

thwip

  1. A sound like a light flexible object striking something.

Noun[edit]

thwip (plural thwips)

  1. A sound like a light flexible object striking something.
    • 2002, Karen Hancock, Arena, page 41:
      A series of beams slit the air in a succession of rapid thwips.

Verb[edit]

thwip (third-person singular simple present thwips, present participle thwipping, simple past and past participle thwipped)

  1. (intransitive) To make this sound.

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