whack
verb (used with object)
to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
have whacked
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present perfectof whack.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But since then, a couple other guys have whacked their way into the discussion.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2019
“I must have whacked a dozen grenades that night with my tool. And you know what? I was the world’s worst baseball player.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2016
It would be the first funding for Braam since 2008 — since then, Great Recession-related cuts have whacked 300 jobs from DSHS’s child-welfare division.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2014
I thought if we got Mick, we could have played it up there and he could have whacked centre-halves out of the road.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2011
It's as well, for maybe you wouldn't have whacked it in as hard if you had; and, mind you, if you hadn't, he'd have beat you.
From The Last Galley Impressions and Tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
