English edit

Etymology edit

Imitative.

Interjection edit

thwip

  1. A sound like a light flexible object striking something.

Noun edit

thwip (plural thwips)

  1. A sound like a light flexible object striking something.
    • 2002, Karen Hancock, Arena, page 41:
      A series of beams slit the air in a succession of rapid thwips.

Verb edit

thwip (third-person singular simple present thwips, present participle thwipping, simple past and past participle thwipped)

  1. (intransitive) To make this sound.

Anagrams edit