English Explanatory Dictionary

thack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To strike or thump (someone or something); to thwack.
noun
  1. A stroke; a thwack.
intj
  1. The sound of a thack.
noun
  1. The weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often specifically thatch.
verb
  1. To cover a roof with thack.

Pronunciation

thăk /θæk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thack.wav

Word forms

thack thacks thacking thacked

Etymology

From Middle English thakken (“to stroke”), from Old English þaccian (“to touch gently, stroke, tap”), from Proto-West Germanic *þakwōn, from Proto-Germanic *þakwōną (“to touch lightly”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch”). Cognate with Old Dutch þakolōn (“to stroke”), Old Norse þykkr (“a thwack, thump, blow”), Icelandic þjökka, þjaka (“to thwack, thump, beat”), Norwegian tjåka (“to strike, beat”), Latin tangō (“touch”). More at thwack, tangent.

Derived words

thacked thacker
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