whack
whack
Definition
whack (hwak, wak)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to strike or slap with a sharp, resounding blow
- ☆ Slang to murder (a person), often, specif., for pay
Etymology: echoic
noun
- a sharp, resounding blow
- the sound of this
whack′er noun
at a whack
or at one whackInformal at one time and quickly or without pausing
have a whack at
or take a whack at☆ Informal- to aim a blow at
- to make an attempt at
out of whack
☆Informal not in proper working condition
whack off
- Informal to separate or remove by or as by a blow
- Slang, Vulgar to masturbate
whack
Synonyms
whack
n.
in one whack
out of whack*
take a whack at*
whack
Usage Examples
Object
- ball: None of the family played tennis till Junior started whacking a plastic ball around at 18 months.
- ppn: Form faxing to best car insurance uk whacked a ppn.
Converse of object
- pay: Then, for the remaining 19 years of the loan, you pay the full whack.
- get: I do anything to help me get a good whack of money.
- take: Really ought to take a whack at that fresh sketch.
- have: Instead of having a leisurely mooch round the garden centers, n then having a whack at Golf, wev been cleaning!
Adjective modifier
- fair: Same for you all who have to travel a fair whack by train.
- full: Imagine, they have even allowed you to rebel against the full whack of changing colors.
- top: That would be too much to hope for: one a day is about top whack for me.
- good: I do anything to help me get a good whack of money.
Preposition: on
- head: The Mansfield cox gets whacked on the head by the back of a blade.
Modifying Another Word
- promptly: When I came back to the UK last year, I promptly whacked £ 3,000 onto my CC in new PA kit.
- totally: I have been down all week with something resembling ' flu which left me totally whacked for a few days!
- too: Well, it could be that after preaching or taking the morning service, I'm just too whacked to do anything else.
- just: For CRT screens there isn't a problem, just whack it on.
- then: You would roll a newspaper up real tight, Then whack someone's knees with all your might.
- so: I can't get to sleep that night, so whack it on a few more times with my headphones in bed.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- up: Isn't it about time we whacked up our prices?
Followed by a transitive particle
- up: It's as if my brain's whacked up the reverb and I'm left with a disconcerting echo.
Preposition: in
- face: Being whacked in the face by a branch is no joke.
Browse dictionary entries near whack
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- wetting agent
- Wetterhorn
- wetter
- wettable
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- whacked-out
- Whackers and Warspamming
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- whacko
- whacky
- whale
- whale shark
- whaleback
- whaleboat
