thack
/θæk/verb, noun, interjection
thack is spelled T-H-A-C-K: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, thack means “To strike or thump (someone or something); to thwack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in thack?
| Letters | 5: T-H-A-C-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is thack?
Thack appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce thack?
- US /θæk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-thack.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with thack?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as thack from its last stressed vowel (/æk/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of thack
- thacks present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- thacking participle, present
- thacked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does thack mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To strike or thump (someone or something); to thwack.
- 2
To cover a roof with thack.
The said day, it was represented that the thacking and covering of Houses houses in the towne with straw and hedder wes very dangerous, and rendered them obnoxious to fyre, and to the endangering of the saids houses and the neighbouring adj
noun
- 1
A stroke; a thwack.
- 2
The weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often specifically thatch.
interjection
- 1
The sound of a thack.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does thack come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).