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whack

1 of 2

verb

whacked; whacking; whacks

transitive verb

1
a
: to strike with a smart or resounding blow
whack the ball
b
: to cut with or as if with a whack : chop
2
chiefly British : to get the better of : defeat
3
slang : murder, kill

intransitive verb

: to strike a smart or resounding blow
whacker noun

whack

2 of 2

noun

1
a
: a smart or resounding blow
also : the sound of or as if of such a blow
b
: a critical attack
2
3
4
a
: an opportunity or attempt to do something
take a whack at it
b
: a single action or occasion
borrowed $50 all at one whack
Phrases
out of whack
1
: out of proper order or shape
threw his knee out of whack
2
: not in accord
feeling out of whack with her contemporaries S. E. Rubin

Example Sentences

Verb She whacked the piñata with a stick. The old man lifted his cane and whacked the mugger on the head. They were whacking through the jungle with their machetes. He got whacked by mobsters. Noun The pile of books hit the floor with a whack. took a whack at solving the math problem See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
In selecting the hit man to whack Jimmy Hoffa, The Mafia don chose his very best offer. Pat Myers, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 From this point on, our machete-wielding porters whack a shoulder-wide path straight up the fall line toward the ridgetop. Peter Frick-wright, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2019 But as built, this generation of vaccines is unable to control a pandemic characterized by a whack-a-mole supply of new variants. Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022 But while a tennis player may try to whack the ball as hard as possible, a skilled pickleballer will use slight movements to control the lighter, plastic ball. NBC News, 19 Apr. 2022 This news, delivered by Fed Chair Jerome Powell yesterday, teamed up with Omicron jitters to whack the markets—though futures are looking up today. David Meyer, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021 One by one, whack each egg all over with the spoon and return it to the ice water. Andy Baraghani, WSJ, 20 May 2022 Coaxing sound from it looks like playing whack-a-mole. Washington Post, 11 May 2022 The war could whack a full percentage point off global GDP growth this year, the OECD calculates, and push the global inflation rate up by a further 2.5%. Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2022
Noun
As for his recent struggles, Jansen blames his delivery for being out of whack. George Henry, Sun Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022 Your older daughter not only lacks compassion, but her values are seriously out of whack. Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022 But the dynamic that led the Cubs to signing him in 2020 became out of whack at Myrtle Beach. Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 And that attractive appendage is about to throw Blanco’s scale out of whack. Pat Padua, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022 Despite all signs pointing to longer days in the future, our slowly but steadily decreasing spin rate can get thrown out of whack from time to time. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2022 Since the pandemic, a surge in demand for physical goods has thrown supply chains entirely out of whack, snarling logistics and triggering huge price distortions. Martha C. White, CNN, 8 Aug. 2022 But his stake in AMTD IDEA, which is AMTD Digital’s parent company, is worth below $500 million, illustrating just how out of whack the stock’s insane valuation is at the moment. Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022 If your only training attention goes to what's in front of you, your whole physique will be thrown out of whack. Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 26 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

probably imitative of the sound of a blow

First Known Use

Verb

1719, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun

1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of whack was in 1719

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