whack
To hit, slap or strikeTo hit, slap or strike.
» Tom whacked the dog with his cane.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 senses(transitive)To hit, slap or strike.
The bat whacked the baseball.
G. W. Cable Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes.
schlagen
ударя́тьudarjátʹ
strike hard
(slang, transitive)To assassinate, bump off.
töten, ermorden
(slang, transitive)To share or parcel out (often with up).
to whack the spoils of a robbery
verteilen
дели́тьdelítʹ, разделя́тьrazdeljátʹ
To beat convincingly; to thrash.
(UK)To surpass; to better.
übertrumpfen, übertreffen
(Singapore, Singlish)To attempt something despite not knowing how to do it; to take on a task spontaneously and carelessly without planning.
(Singapore, Singlish)To eat something hurriedly.
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
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
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
whacks, whacking, whacked, whackedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.