interjection
tuxtax
tuxtax
Classical[ˈtʊk.staks]Ecclesiastical[ˈtuk.staks]
Meaning
- an onomatopoeia expressing the sound of blows, whack, crack
tuxtax, an exclamation imitative of the sound of blows:
I.
tuxtax meo tergo erit, Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 12; cf. Naev. ap. Charis. 2, p. 185 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 6 Rib.), tax pax.