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Whack

//wæk// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of wack (“annoyingly or disappointingly bad”). alt-of, alternative

    "That's whack, yo!"

Noun
  1. 1
    The sound of a heavy strike.
  2. 2
    the act of hitting vigorously wordnet
  3. 3
    The strike itself.

    "Saka was a threat from the first whistle; Ukraine rightly wary of him and dishing out the usual whacks."

  4. 4
    the sound made by a sharp swift blow wordnet
  5. 5
    The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
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  1. 6
    An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something. US, slang

    "C'mon. Take a whack at it."

  2. 7
    A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion. dated

    "I don’t care about much wine afterwards—I take my whack at dinner—I mean my share, you know; and when I have had as much as I want I toddle up to tea."

  3. 8
    A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up. obsolete
  4. 9
    A deal, an agreement. US, obsolete

    ""I'll stay if you will." "Good—that's a whack.""

  5. 10
    PCP, phencyclidine (as also wack). dated
  6. 11
    The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩. slang

    "del c:\docs\readme.txt Delete c colon whack docs whack readme dot text."

  7. 12
    Alternative spelling of wack (“annoyingly or disappointingly bad”) alt-of, alternative, slang
Verb
  1. 1
    To hit, slap or strike.

    "The bat whacked the baseball."

  2. 2
    strike hard wordnet
  3. 3
    To assassinate, bump off. slang

    "Niko Bellic: So you want me to talk to him? / Jimmy Pegorino: I want you to whack him! And after that I want you to kill all the other rats I surround myself with..."

  4. 4
    To share or parcel out (often with up). slang, transitive

    "to whack the spoils of a robbery"

  5. 5
    To beat convincingly; to thrash.

    "The fidgety Majors were whacked 9-1 by the Kitchener Panthers at Couch and now trail their rivals 2-0 in an increasingly uncomfortable best-of-seven Intercounty Baseball League first-round series."

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  1. 6
    To surpass; to better. UK

    "Recently I was over in Ireland, I love the place, proper fishing, can't whack it!"

  2. 7
    To attempt something despite not knowing how to do it; to take on a task spontaneously and carelessly without planning. Singapore, Singlish

    "Miss Loi always tells her students not to anyhow whack, stay calm and know thy approach before attempting each question."

  3. 8
    To eat something hurriedly. Singapore, Singlish

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Originally Scottish; probably onomatopoeic, but compare Middle English thakken, from Old English þaccian (whence Modern thwack by conflation with whack). Sense 6 of the verb is likely a semantic loan from Malay hentam (“to strike; to do something carelessly”).

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Originally Scottish; probably onomatopoeic, but compare Middle English thakken, from Old English þaccian (whence Modern thwack by conflation with whack). Sense 6 of the verb is likely a semantic loan from Malay hentam (“to strike; to do something carelessly”).

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Originally Scottish; probably onomatopoeic, but compare Middle English thakken, from Old English þaccian (whence Modern thwack by conflation with whack). Sense 6 of the verb is likely a semantic loan from Malay hentam (“to strike; to do something carelessly”).

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