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Thock vs Thack - What's the difference?

thock | thack |

As an interjection thock

is a clear, echoing thud, as of an axe chopping wood.

As a verb thack is

to strike; thump; thwack.

As a noun thack is

a stroke; a thwack.

thock

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • A clear, echoing thud, as of an axe chopping wood.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 7, author=Andy Newman, title=City Islanders Ponder Future Without Gunfire Across Bay, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Despite the construction of muffling sheds and sound barriers, the report has continued largely without interruption — thock , thock, thock-thock, thock. }}

    thack

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strike; thump; thwack.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) thacce, from . See above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stroke; a thwack.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . See also thatch.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often thatch specifically
  • * 1952 , L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 223.
    • This outer layer was generically known as 'thack', but, owing to the fact that the vast majority of buildings in early times were covered with a thacking of straw or some similar material, 'thatch' gradually acquired its modern restricted significance of straw, or reed, heling.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover a roof with thack.

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