whack

Plural: whacks

Noun

• the sound made by a sharp swift blow
• the act of hitting vigorously
  • "he gave the table a whack"
• The sound of a heavy strike.
• The strike itself.
• The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
• An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
• A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
• A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
• A deal, an agreement.
• PCP, phencyclidine (as also wack).
• The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.

Verb

Verb Forms: whacked, whacking, whacks

• To strike sharply and forcefully; to hit hard.
• hit hard
  • "The teacher whacked the boy"
• To hit, slap or strike.
• To assassinate, bump off.
• To share or parcel out (often with up).
• To beat convincingly; to thrash.
• To surpass; to better.
• To attempt something despite not knowing how to do it; to take on a task spontaneously and carelessly without planning.
• To eat something hurriedly.

Adj

• Alternative spelling of wack (“annoyingly or disappointingly bad”).

Examples

• 40 bucks a whack.
• C'mon. Take a whack at it.
• He managed to WHACK his opponent with a surprising high-scoring word.
• It's a whack!
• That's whack, yo!
• The bat whacked the baseball.
• to whack the spoils of a robbery

Synonyms

belt, knock, rap, wallop, wham, whang, whop, clip, thwack

Anagrams of whack