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See more synonyms for whack on Thesaurus.com to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows. Slang to divide into or take in shares (often followed by up ): Whack the loot between us two. Show More
verb (used without object) to strike a smart, resounding blow or blows. Show More
a smart, resounding blow: a whack with his hand. Informal a trial or attempt: to take a whack at a job. Slang a portion or share. Show More
whack off , to cut off or separate with a blow: The cook whacked off the fish's head. Slang : Vulgar to masturbate. whack out , Slang to produce quickly or, sometimes, carelessly: She whacks out a short story every week or so. Show More
out of whack , Informal out of order or alignment; not in proper condition. Show More
Related forms whack·er , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for whack wallop ,
ding ,
clout ,
nail ,
rap ,
belt ,
sock ,
lambaste ,
crack ,
strike ,
wham ,
biff ,
beat ,
thump ,
buffet ,
bang ,
slap ,
slug ,
bash ,
box Examples from the Web for whack Contemporary Examples of whack 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.
Historical Examples of whack This gentleman said he never told a fellow what ailed him until he got his whack .
There was a whack as one lump hit the boat, and a grunt as the other struck some man.
Virginie had caught her a whack with all her might on her bare arm, just above the elbow.
But on most of the occasions she only caught some whack for her trouble.
"We won't get much of a whack at the Jerries," the colonel said rather testily.
British Dictionary definitions for whack to strike with a sharp resounding blow (usually passive) British informal to exhaust completely (tr; usu foll by in or on) informal to put something on to or into something else with force or abandon whack on some sunscreen Show More
(tr) US slang to murder if you were out of line you got whacked a sharp resounding blow or the noise made by such a blow informal a share or portion informal a try or attempt (esp in the phrase have a whack at ) out of whack informal out of order; unbalanced the whole system is out of whack Show More
an exclamation imitating the noise of a sharp resounding blow Show More
Derived Forms whacker , 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 v. "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 In addition to the idioms beginning with whack
also see:
have a crack (whack) at out of kilter (whack) Show More
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