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    [Verb]  | "thwart" | \ ˈthwȯrt \


    1: to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of

    2: to run counter to so as to effectively oppose or baffle : contravene

    3: to pass through or across


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English thwerten, from thwert, adverb;

    [Adverb]  | "thwart" | \ ˈthwȯrt \


    1: athwart


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English thwert, from Old Norse thvert, from neuter of thverr transverse, oblique; akin to Old High German dwerah transverse, oblique;

    [Adjective]  | "thwart" 


    1: situated or placed across something else : transverse


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "thwart" 


    1: a seat extending athwart a boat


    Origin: circa 1736 ;

     Alteration of obsolete thought, thoft, from Middle English thoft, from Old English thofte; akin to Old High German dofta rower's seat;

    [Verb]  | "thwart" 


    1: to prevent from achieving a goal;


      * e.g., " ... a coalition of grassroots organizations thwarted the company's efforts to get approval for a new power plant "





     [ "thwart" ]

    1: To put a stop to, cease, halt; usually of a plan deemed faulty.

      * e.g.,  ... We will continue to thwart the plans of ISIS and initiate our own courses of action in their place. 

     [ "thwart" ]

    1: When a gay male puts his testicles into a another gay male's anus and deliberately attempts to catch HIV; or, when a gay male puts his entire mouth, teeth and all, into the anus, to eat out the HIV.

      * e.g.,  ... Normal person - You're ugly. 

     [ "thwart" ]

    1: to cumble someone

      * e.g.,  ... they wanted to cumble me, but I thwarted them 


     [ "thwart" ]

    2: to destroy their intentions

     [ "thwart" ]

    1: To block or prevent from happening...or, when used in slang, to destroy someone or something out of anger.

      * e.g.,  ... If he acts like that again, I will legit thwart him 

     [ "thwart" ]

    1: squirrel

      * e.g.,  ... Due to a high level of thwart, Joe was not able to make the basketball go through the basket even once. 


     [ "thwart" ]

    2: Opposing force mechanism that is encountered as kinetic friction when any mechanism operates/pushes forward through existence in the universe.

     [ "thwart" ]

    1: to sneeze and the fart at the same time.

      * e.g.,  ... while in the restroom John needed to thwart his brains out. 

     [ "thwart" ]

    1: A mixture of two words, 'twat' and 'what'. Made up by lil john and his eastside boiz homies.

      * e.g.,  ... Used as a degrading word. Such as; 'Sally is a thwart'. 

     [ "Thwarting" ]

    1: Another word for ruin, specifically if the person committing the act has no idea what they are doing.

      * e.g.,  ... “So what are you doing? Thwarting my plans?” 

     [ "Thwarted" ]

    1: To avoid or stop a fart mid stream. Can include a grimace and clenched cheeks.

      * e.g.,  ... My stomach was bubbling, I was about to let one rip when my crush walked by. I thwarted just in time. 

     [ "thwarted" ]

    1: Shun, Ignore, disregard

      * e.g.,  ... That radio guy totally thwarted my request for that song! 


     [ "thwarted" ]

    2: also see root word, thwart

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