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whack

1

[ wak, hwak ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
  2. Slang. to divide into or take in shares (often followed by up ):

    Whack the loot between us two.



verb (used without object)

  1. to strike a smart, resounding blow or blows.

noun

  1. a smart, resounding blow:

    a whack with his hand.

  2. Informal. a trial or attempt:

    to take a whack at a job.

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. Slang. a portion or share.

verb phrase

  1. Slang. to produce quickly or, sometimes, carelessly:

    She whacks out a short story every week or so.

    1. to cut off or separate with a blow:

      The cook whacked off the fish's head.

    2. Slang: Vulgar. to masturbate.

whack

2

[ wak, hwak ]

noun

  1. a variant of wack 1( def ).

whack

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verb

  1. to strike with a sharp resounding blow
  2. informal.
    usually passive to exhaust completely
  3. 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

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noun

  1. slang.
    tr to murder

    if you were out of line you got whacked

  2. a sharp resounding blow or the noise made by such a blow
  3. informal.
    a share or portion
  4. informal.
    a try or attempt (esp in the phrase have a whack at )
  5. out of whack informal.
    out of order; unbalanced

    the whole system is out of whack

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interjection

  1. an exclamation imitating the noise of a sharp resounding blow
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ·É³ó²¹³¦°ì±ð°ù, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of whack1

First recorded in 1710–20; originally dialect, Scots form of thwack; whang 2, whittle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of whack1

C18: perhaps a variant of thwack , ultimately of imitative origin
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. out of whack, Informal. out of order or alignment; not in proper condition.

More idioms and phrases containing whack

  • have a crack (whack) at
  • out of kilter (whack)
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Example Sentences

"I got whacked over the head yesterday trying to get into my car... it was getting to the stage where it was attacking people with consistency."

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The challenge of writing about “Liberation Day†is that it is so incandescently stupid it amounts to a conceptual piñata: You can whack at it from any angle and get some reward for your effort.

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I loved a gag where Paul gets whacked from one side of the frame by a bird and from the other side by a duffel bag.

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"Everybody Here Wants You – whack that on," he says.

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Down the way on the Third Street Promenade, resounding whacks of pickleball volleys pop out of a 1960s-vintage storefront last occupied by shoe seller Adidas.

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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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