▪ I. thuck
(θʌk)
[Echoic.]
The sound of a missile, as an arrow, bullet, etc., hitting a target.
| 1948 F. Blake Johnny Christmas i. 46 Knifings, head⁓blows muffled by sand, the thuck of arrows striking home. 1979 P. Cosgrave Three Colonels 202 The whine of the rifle bullet and the thuck of its striking home. |
▪ II. thuck
dial. form of thilk dem. pron.