thack

Meaning

Verb

To strike or thump (someone or something); to thwack.

Noun

A stroke; a thwack.

Intj

The sound of a thack.

Noun

The weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often specifically thatch.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θæk/

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.