SYNONYMS | EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN adjective Chiefly British Slang Origin of whacked First recorded in
1915–20; whack +
-ed2 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.
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verb (used without object) to strike a smart, resounding blow or blows.
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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.
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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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Related forms whack·er , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for whacked blow ,
blip ,
pat ,
punch ,
whack ,
sock ,
shove ,
bounce ,
shake ,
hit ,
beat ,
tap ,
slap ,
hurt ,
smack ,
fell ,
batter ,
flatten ,
damage ,
bash Examples from the Web for whacked Contemporary Examples of whacked He should, according to Mahony, prepare himself to be whacked over the head with such a thoughtless and offensive gift.
Unless said partner is ready to be whacked over their head with the box for their thoughtlessness, they have made a grave mistake.
There was that time Nancy Kerrigan was whacked in the knee by a baton-wielding assailant in 1994.
Moore, Oklahoma, was whacked with a mile-wide tornado Monday, reducing much of the Oklahoma City suburb to rubble.
Thoguh it's unfortunate that the people who took the initial deal also get whacked in the process.
Historical Examples of whacked Whacked his head on a rock, and young Lanning thought his man was dead.
The long tail stiffened, whacked first to one side, then to the other.
He whacked her up the stairs, and now he's finishing her off up there in their room.
He whacked the donkey and cursed the boar as a pig and a Christian.
They whacked each other with blows which would have destroyed elephants.
British Dictionary definitions for whacked 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 abandon whack on some sunscreen
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noun (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
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interjection an exclamation imitating the noise of a sharp resounding blow
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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 whacked 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 whacked 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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