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Nearby words
wh-, wh-question, wh-word, wha, whachamacallit, whack, whack off, whacked, whacked out, whacked-out, whacking
Idioms
out of whack, Informal. out of order or alignment; not in proper condition.
Related formswhack·er, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for whack
whack
/ (wæk) /
verb (tr)
noun
interjection
an exclamation imitating the noise of a sharp resounding blow
Derived Formswhacker, noun
Word Origin for whack
C18: perhaps a variant of thwack, ultimately of imitative origin
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Word Origin and History for whack
whack
"to strike sharply," 1719, probably of imitative origin. The noun is from 1737. The word in out of whack (1885) is perhaps the slang meaning "share, just portion" (1785), which may be from the notion of the blow that divides, or the rap of the auctioneer's hammer.
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Idioms and Phrases with whack
whack
In addition to the idioms beginning with whack
- whacked out
- whack off
also see:
- have a crack (whack) at
- out of kilter (whack)
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