thock

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

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:

     Despite the construction of muffling sheds and sound barriers, the report has continued largely without interruption — thock, thock, thock-thock, thock.

Noun

thock (plural thocks)

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

Verb

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.