thock
English
Etymology
Imitative.
Interjection
thock
- 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:
- Despite the construction of muffling sheds and sound barriers, the report has continued largely without interruption — thock, thock, thock-thock, thock.
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Verb
thock (third-person singular simple present thocks, present participle thocking, simple past and past participle thocked)
- To make, or cause to make, a thock sound.
- The tennis player thocked her racquet on the ground in annoyance.