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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: turn, go, try

  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

/ wæk /

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

  • ˈwhacker, noun
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Other Words From

  • whack·er noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of whack1

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

Origin of whack1

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

Idioms
  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

Say the Democrats: When all else fails, whack them on Social Security.

But this new flavor of rhetorical flimflam is still pretty, well, whack.

Why is he dialing down the humor and dialing up the moralizing, throwing his immaculate comedic balance out of whack?

Apple is working on an automatic alert system that rings a doctor if blood sugar or blood pressure gets out of whack.

First, Herz argues, our ability to weigh risk is out of whack, because CrossFit is more like a sport than a Pilates class.

Queeker brought the handle of his riding-whip whack down on the flank of his astonished horse, and flew at the fence.

When I'd read about a half a minute, he fetched the book a whack with his hand and knocked it across the house.

No; I take en whack de bill in two, en give half un it to you, en de yuther half to de yuther woman.

Then our trunks broke loose and went crashing back and forth at each other, whack, bang, with a vicious delight.

Tim gave the monster a whack with his paddle, which made it quickly sink again.

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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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