whack
The sound of a heavy strikeThe sound of a heavy strike.
» Tom whacked the dog with his cane.
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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. — deniko
ruМаленькая старушка провалила ограбление, огрев злодея по голове своей тростью. — shanghainese
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
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable