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intj
The sound of a thack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A stroke; a thwack.
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noun
The weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often specifically thatch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To strike or thump (someone or something); to thwack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive
Qualifier: obsolete except UK
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verb
To cover a roof with thack.
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History
From Middle English thacce, from thakken (“to stroke”): see etymology 1.
From Middle English thak, thakk, thakke, from Old English þæc, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, 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 στέγος (stégos, “roof”). See also thatch and deck.
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.
