Obs. [Redupl. f. THWACK.] The repetition or exchange of thwacks.
1575. R. B., Appius & Virg., B ij b. With thwicke thwack, with thump thump, With bobbing and bum.
1582. Stanyhurst, Conceits, in Æneis, etc. (Arb.), 138. With peale meale ramping, with thwick thwack sturdelye thundring.
1611. Cotgr., s.v. Torche, Torche lorgne, words, like our thwicke thwacke, expressing a liberall and free dole of blowes.
1670. Ray, Prov., 53. When a couple are newly married, the first moneth is honey-moon or smick smack: the second is, hither and thither: the third is, thwick thwack.
1778. Public Advertiser, 24 Sept., 1/4.
| Then some following Speakers went in the same Track, | |
| That is, lashing Crim. Con. and so forth thwick thwack. |
1783. Ainsworth, Lat. Dict. (Morell), I. s.v. Thwack, To lay on thwick, thwack, ictus geminare.
