whack
The sound of a heavy strikeThe sound of a heavy strike.
» Tom whacked the dog with his cane.
Meaning
10 senses(countable, uncountable)The sound of a heavy strike.
(countable, uncountable)The strike itself.
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(countable, uncountable)The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
(countable, slang, uncountable)An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
C'mon. Take a whack at it.
40 bucks a whack.
(countable, dated, uncountable)A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A harmful outcome or repercussion.
(dated, uncountable)PCP, phencyclidine (also wack).
(countable, slang, uncountable)The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.
del c:\docs\readme.txt Delete c colon whack docs whack readme dot text.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
(US, countable, obsolete, uncountable)A deal, an agreement.
It's a whack!
- the sound made by a sharp swift blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
Examples
20 sentencesTom whacked the dog with his cane.
A little old woman foiled the robbery by whacking the thief on the head with her cane.
Старенька жіночка невисокого зросту запобігла пограбуванню, вдаривши злодія по голові своєю тростиною.
ruМаленькая старушка провалила ограбление, огрев злодея по голове своей тростью.
I had another whack at it.
Yanni whacked his wife with a hammer.
I whacked my finger with a hammer.
Translations
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Origin
Uncertain. Originally Scottish; probably onomatopoeic, but compare Middle English thakken,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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Forms
plural: whacksSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable