thwack

The following “RV Envy” adds the thwack of a full drum kit to the mix, and the staticky howl of the hurdy-gurdy is as hectic as a smashed window triggering a building’s alarm system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

Dahlia Lithwick: I think what Judge Burroughs did was quite remarkable—she took a thwack at Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh in the opinion itself.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025

Combine sand and gunpowder and thwack, you’ve made a brick of TNT.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025

Only then can he thwack the ball toward his opponent.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2024

It snapped back against her throat with a thwack!

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Manly Mando thwacks and snicks his way through all opponents while scarcely breaking a sweat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

It lacks the control of Guadagnino’s earlier work — or rather, I should say, it takes subtlety and restraint and thwacks them over the fence and into the bushes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

“We’d also record it above ground to get the actual sound of the impact,” Mangini said, demonstrating his method for me with a few sharp thwacks into the Zuma Beach sand.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2022

No crack of bats or thwacks of balls popping into mitts.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

It thwacks into my open glove, falls to the ground, and three of their runners score.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

“The shucked abalone is trimmed, butterflied, and thwacked lightly with a mallet.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

When Neil Wagner tried to bounce him, Brook cleared the front leg and thwacked the ball away, baseball-style.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2023

Seemingly everything he threw, the Rockies touched or tipped or simply thwacked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2022

He fidgeted in his chair as he listened to the senators opine, and thwacked his microphone to ensure it was working just before he starting reading his opening statement.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021

The children gasped as the boat flew up into the air and Maalu thwacked back into the ocean.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

“To be real with you, some of my early stuff wasn’t the most authentic,” she says as her drummer starts thwacking a snare during sound check .

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

Once, the frenetic thwacking of flippers was the peak of manic childhood glee.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023

It was a beautiful trail, and the woods soon filled with the steady sound of boots on dirt, poles thwacking rocks and heavy breathing.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2023

By the afternoon, the usual sounds of baseball echoed through the facility, balls thwacking into mitts in the bullpens and on the back fields.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023

She struts up and down the stage, her heels making a distinct thwacking noise with each step.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy