whacked

[ hwakt, wakt ]

/ ʰwækt, wækt /

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adjective Chiefly British Slang.

exhausted; tired out.

Nearby words

wh-word, wha, whachamacallit, whack, whack off, whacked, whacked out, whacked-out, whacking, whacko, whacky

Origin of whacked

First recorded in 1915–20; whack + -ed²

Definition for whacked (2 of 2)

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.

Origin of whack

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

SYNONYMS FOR whack

5 try, go, turn.

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Related formswhack·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for whacked

He should, according to Mahony, prepare himself to be whacked over the head with such a thoughtless and offensive gift.
Dita Von Teese, My Breasts Are All Yours|Amanda Clayman|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unless said partner is ready to be whacked over their head with the box for their thoughtlessness, they have made a grave mistake.
Dita Von Teese, Keep Your Hands Off Our Boobs|Emma Mahony|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was that time Nancy Kerrigan was whacked in the knee by a baton-wielding assailant in 1994.
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Moore, Oklahoma, was whacked with a mile-wide tornado Monday, reducing much of the Oklahoma City suburb to rubble.
Tornado Devastates Moore, Oklahama: Photos, Video|The Daily Beast|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Thoguh it's unfortunate that the people who took the initial deal also get whacked in the process.
Argentina Goes to Court (Again)|Megan McArdle|February 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Certainly I was a little afraid, for Radley whacked harder than they all.
Tell England|Ernest Raymond
He would have whacked me for doing it; and they would have whacked me worse, for not getting the tin.
The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, bart., M.P., formerly known as "Tommy Upmore"|R. D. Blackmore
I went under and down, and was whacked by floating sticks and whirled around in the freshet.
Year of the Big Thaw|Marion Zimmer Bradley
When weed cutting time, came I gritted my teeth, held my back as straight as I could and whacked away.
Treading the Narrow Way|R. E. Barrett
Not by the fall, plase your honor, but by the stone that whacked me betwaan the eyes.
Adrift in the Wilds|Edward S. Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for whacked

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 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 whacked

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.

Idioms and Phrases with whacked

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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interjection

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