whack
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whack
- /ˈwæk/
- /ˈʍæk/
- [ˈw̥æk]
Sounds like wack (wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -æk
Where it comes from
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”).
noun whacks
- The sound of a heavy strike.
- The strike itself. Saka was a threat from the first whistle; Ukraine rightly wary of him and dishing out the usual whacks.
- The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
- An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something. C'mon. Take a whack at it.
- A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion. 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.
- A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
- A deal, an agreement. "I'll stay if you will." "Good—that's a whack."
- A harmful outcome or repercussion. But I rely on you to give me the nod in time to get Cora clear off whatever happens. I can take my own whack as it comes—as I always have done.
- PCP, phencyclidine (also wack).
- The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩. del c:\docs\readme.txt Delete c colon whack docs whack readme dot text.
verb whacks · whacking · whacked
- To hit, slap or strike. The bat whacked the baseball.
- To assassinate, bump off. 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...
- To share or parcel out (often with up). to whack the spoils of a robbery
- 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.
- To surpass; to better. Recently I was over in Ireland, I love the place, proper fishing, can't whack it!
- To attempt something despite not knowing how to do it; to take on a task spontaneously and carelessly without planning. Miss Loi always tells her students not to anyhow whack, stay calm and know thy approach before attempting each question.
- To eat something hurriedly.
adjective whacker · whackest
- Alternative spelling of wack (“annoyingly or disappointingly bad”).wack That's whack, yo!
