💥 A quick hit 👎 Very bad 🔨 To hit hard 💀 To kill (slang)

to wack

1 8.9

Hit someone or something quickly and hard

verb
/wæk/

Informal

: golpear

In the game, he had to wack the giant insect to win the round.

Examples

I play tennis and I just like to like wack a ball.
- Yeah, yeah, wack him some hay.

Match Point (2005)
And then right when he said that, Marty just walked up to him, and wacked him in the heart with his knife.

Bully (2001)
He decided to wack the piñata as hard as he could during the party.
She tried to wack the ball out of the park during practice.

Synonyms

to slap

vsto wack

492 1.0

Hit quickly with the flat part of the hand

is a sudden sharp strike not tied to flat hand use

to whack

vsto wack

250 5.5

To hit someone or something hard so it makes a loud sound

is a sudden sharp strike that stresses abruptness over noise

to smack

vsto wack

164 3.5

To hit someone or something with an open hand

is a sudden sharp strike not limited to open hand use

to whop

vsto wack

Informal

43 7.9

To hit someone or something very hard

is a sudden sharp strike rather than mainly heavy force

to rap

vsto wack

8 3.7

To hit something quickly to make a short sharp sound

is similar but focuses more on abruptness than on sound

to plug

vsto wack

NSFW

4 7.7

To hit someone or something with a quick strong blow

is more about abrupt sharpness than only raw force

to conk

vsto wack

Archaic

3 8.6

To hit someone on the head with force

is a sudden sharp strike applied to any target, not only heads

to thwack

vsto wack

3 8.0

To hit something hard with a flat object so it makes a loud sound

is a sudden sharp strike without focusing on loudness

to wallop

vsto wack

Informal

2 7.3

To hit something or someone very hard

is a sudden sharp strike contrasting with sheer heavy power

to biff

vsto wack

Informal

1 9.8

To hit someone or something suddenly and hard, often with your fist

is the same action but not restricted to fist use

to swack

vsto wack

Archaic

1 9.9

To hit someone or something hard

is specifically an abrupt sharp strike rather than general force

to whap

vsto wack

1 8.1

To hit something or someone hard and make a loud sound

is mainly an abrupt sharp strike rather than just loud impact

to boff

vsto wack

NSFW

1 9.0

To hit someone or something hard, often by accident

is similar but stresses sharp sudden impact rather than informality

to yerk

vsto wack

Archaic

9.9

To pull or move something suddenly and sharply

focuses on making a direct, sudden strike rather than a jerky motion

to whammo

vsto wack

Informal

9.9

To hit something suddenly with great force

is a sharp sudden strike without the dramatic emphasis

smash

vsto wack

5.0

Happening with a sudden loud crash

is a sharp sudden strike rather than a crashing or breaking action

to give a whap

vsto wack

Informal

8.8

To hit something quickly with a short, sharp blow

is a sudden sharp strike rather than defined by sound

to whang

vsto wack

Informal

9.9

To hit something hard so it makes a loud sound

is more narrowly about abrupt sharp striking rather than loudness

to swig

vsto wack

Archaic

8.6

To hit something very hard with your fist or a bat

is a sudden sharp strike not tied to heavy weapon use

to whuff

vsto wack

9.9

To hit something so it makes a dull heavy sound

is a sharp sudden strike rather than dull heavy sounding impact

Antonyms

to embrace

142 2.8

To hold someone tightly to show affection

to caress

55 3.4

To touch someone or something gently to show love

How Forceful

to smash

311 2.1

to pummel

46 6.7

to wack

Informal

1 8.9

to hit

∞ 1.0

to tap

174 1.0

Surface Forms

wack infinitive

wacked past

wacked past participle

wacking present participle

wacks third person singular

Etymology

Wack as a verb meaning to hit comes from the same sudden sound whack, which copies the noise of a strong strike. So to wack something is to give it 'a hard hit' quickly and sharply.