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whack
1[hwak, wak]
verb (used with object)
to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
Slang.to divide into or take in shares (often followed byup ).
Whack the loot between us two.
verb (used without object)
to strike a smart, resounding blow or blows.
noun
a smart, resounding blow.
a whack with his hand.
Informal.a trial or attempt.
to take a whack at a job.
Synonyms: , ,Slang.a portion or share.
verb phrase
Slangto produce quickly or, sometimes, carelessly.
She whacks out a short story every week or so.
to cut off or separate with a blow.
The cook whacked off the fish's head.
Slangto masturbate.
whack
2[hwak, wak]
noun
a variant of wack.
whack
/ æ /
verb
to strike with a sharp resounding blow
informal(usually passive) to exhaust completely
informal(tr; usu foll by in or on) to put something on to or into something else with force or abandon
whack on some sunscreen
noun
slang(tr) to murder
if you were out of line you got whacked
a sharp resounding blow or the noise made by such a blow
informala share or portion
informala try or attempt (esp in the phrase have a whack at )
informalout of order; unbalanced
the whole system is out of whack
interjection
an exclamation imitating the noise of a sharp resounding blow
Other Word Forms
- whacker noun
- ˈɳ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of whack1
Idioms and Phrases
out of whack, out of order or alignment; not in proper condition.
Example Sentences
The measure, which is pending before the GOP-majority Senate, takes several whacks at student aid and consequently the accessibility of higher education.
There is also a keen awareness that rarely has a new government suffered such a big whack to its popularity so fast.
Even when they were getting whacked by Spain before the hour-mark, they were still having plenty of chances.
She whacked two fours in the opening over off Zaida James and did not look back.
Mr Dalton said: "The second I picked up the golf club and whacked that golf ball I loved it."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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