Whack Definition
wăk, hwăk
whacked, whacking, whacks
verb
whacked, whacking, whacks
To strike or slap with a sharp, resounding blow.
Webster's New World
To murder (a person), often, specif., for pay.
Webster's New World
To deal a sharp, resounding blow.
American Heritage
To share or parcel out.
Wiktionary
noun
whacks
A sharp, resounding blow.
Webster's New World
The sound made by a sharp, swift blow.
American Heritage
The sound of this.
Webster's New World
An attempt.
Wiktionary
idiom
have
- To try out; attempt.
American Heritage
out of whack
- Improperly ordered or balanced; not functioning correctly.
American Heritage
whacked out
- Exhausted.
- Crazy.
American Heritage
at a whack
- at one time and quickly or without pausing
Webster's New World
have a whack at
- to aim a blow at
- to make an attempt at
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Whack
- have
- out of whack
- whacked out
- at a whack
- have a whack at
- out of whack
- whack off
Origin of Whack
Probably imitative
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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