whack

[ hwak, wak ]

/ ʰwæk, wæk /

verb (used with object)

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.

verb (used without object)

to strike a smart, resounding blow or blows.

noun

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.

Verb Phrases

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.

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Idioms for whack

out of whack, Informal. out of order or alignment; not in proper condition.

Origin of whack

1710–20; orig. dial., Scots form of thwack; cf. whang², whittle

SYNONYMS FOR whack

5 try, go, turn.

OTHER WORDS FROM whack

whack·er, noun

Words nearby whack

wh question, wh-question, wh-word, wha, whachamacallit, whack, whack off, whacked, whacked out, whacked-out, whacking

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British Dictionary definitions for whack off (1 of 2)

whack off

verb

(intr, adverb) slang to masturbate

British Dictionary definitions for whack off (2 of 2)

whack

/ (wæk) /

verb (tr)

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 abandonwhack on some sunscreen

noun

(tr) US slang to murderif 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; unbalancedthe whole system is out of whack

interjection

an exclamation imitating the noise of a sharp resounding blow

Derived forms of whack

whacker, noun

Word Origin for whack

C18: perhaps a variant of thwack, ultimately of imitative origin

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Idioms and Phrases with whack off (1 of 2)

whack off

Cut off, as in The cook whacked off the fish's head with one blow, or The barber whacked off more hair than I wanted him to. [Slang; first half of 1900s]

Masturbate, as in He went to his room and whacked off. [Vulgar slang; mid-1900s]

Idioms and Phrases with whack off (2 of 2)

whack

In addition to the idioms beginning with whack

whacked out
whack off

also see:

have a crack (whack) at
out of kilter (whack)