different between thock vs thack

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Interjection

thock

1. A clear, echoing thud, as of an axe chopping wood.

Noun

thock (plural thocks)

1. A clear, echoing thud, as of an axe chopping wood.

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.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: th?k, IPA^(key): /?æk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Etymology 1

From Middle English thakken (“to stroke”), from Old English þaccian (“to touch gently, stroke, tap”), from Proto-Germanic *þakw?n? (“to touch lightly”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh?g- (“to touch”), Proto-Indo-European *tag-, *ta?- (“to touch”). Cognate with Old Dutch þakol?n (“to stroke”), Old Norse þykkr (“a thwack, thump, blow”), Icelandic þjökka, þjaka (“to thwack, thump, beat”), Norwegian tjåka (“to strike, beat”), Latin tang? (“touch”). More at thwack, tangent.

Verb

thack (third-person singular simple present thacks, present participle thacking, simple past and past participle thacked)

1. (transitive) To strike; thump; thwack.

Etymology 2

From Middle English thacce, from thakken (“to stroke”). See above.

Noun

thack (plural thacks)

1. A stroke; a thwack.

Etymology 3

From Middle English thak, thakk, thakke, from Old English þæc, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þak?, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Cognate with Dutch dak, Low German Dack, Danish tag (“roof”), German Dach (“roof”), Old Norse þak (“thatch, roof”). Akin to Latin toga (“garment”) and Ancient Greek ?????? (stégos, “roof”). See also thatch and deck.

Noun

thack (countable and uncountable, plural thacks)

1. the weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often thatch specifically

Verb

thack (third-person singular simple present thacks, present participle thacking, simple past and past participle thacked)

1. To cover a roof with thack.

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