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whacked

American  
[hwakt, wakt] / ʰwækt, wækt /

adjective

Chiefly British Slang.
  1. exhausted; tired out.


Etymology

Origin of whacked

First recorded in 1915–20; whack + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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Even though he has been whacked by batters in the nets during this tour he looks to have philosophically taken it in his stride.

From BBC

Any time England bowled full, he whacked through the covers or straight.

From BBC

Financial stocks get whacked first because banks live and die on repo markets working smoothly.

From MarketWatch

Linehan "deliberately whacked" the phone and threw it in the road outside a conference last October, his trial was told.

From BBC

She wagged her tail so hard that it whacked the admiral repeatedly on the side of his leg.

From Literature