Difference between flat and thwack

Definitions

adjective

1. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
2. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
3. lacking contrast or shading between tones
4. commercially inactive
5. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

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adverb

1. with flat sails
2. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

noun

1. scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
2. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
3. a level tract of land
4. freight car without permanent sides or roof
5. a deflated pneumatic tire

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Examples

Sometime in the early eighteen hundreds, they trekked to the flat plain between the Ohio River and Lake Erie and settled in Mount Vernon, which was then a few small buildings in a forest of tall trees.

You see that you're undershooting and so, leaving the throttle as is, you attempt to flatten your descent path by lifting the nose a bit - and you enter the region of reverse command.

The ordinary piki is shaped into loose rolls about 10 inches long and two inches in diameter, but the wedding piki is folded into flat pieces about 8 inches square.

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Definitions

verb

1. deliver a hard blow to

noun

1. a hard blow with a flat object

Examples

The nice thwack of the club hitting the ball is one of the few, if only, notable effects.

The cop carried a stick, ready to thwack anybody who offended his ear or eye.

Then, with a flourish, he thwacked my paying-in book twice with his stamp, initialled the counterfoil and handed it back to me with a relieved smile.

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