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to wacked

to wacked

7.2
Hit someone or something with a lot of force
  • verb
  • /wækt/
  • Informal
translation icon : golpear
  • The boy wacked the piñata until it finally broke open.

Examples

  • She wacked the ball over the fence with surprising strength.

  • The boxer wacked his opponent with a powerful punch.

  • He wacked the wasp with a rolled-up newspaper during breakfast.

  • He wacked the ball out of the park.

  • He wacked the wasp with a rolled-up newspaper during breakfast.

  • The boy wacked the piñata until it finally broke open.

  • She wacked the ball over the fence with surprising strength.

Synonyms

to whack
vsto wacked
250 5.5

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

is the past tense form rather than the base verb
to thwack
vsto wacked
3 8.0

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

is the general forceful strike without focus on sound
to swack
vsto wacked
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To hit someone or something hard

is the past tense form rather than the base verb
to whap
vsto wacked
1 8.1

To hit something or someone hard and make a loud sound

is the general forceful strike without focus on sound
to wham
vsto wacked
  • Informal
6.4

To hit something very hard

is a general forceful strike rather than emphasising great force
to give a whap
vsto wacked
  • Informal
8.8

To hit something quickly with a short, sharp blow

is the general forceful strike without focus on sound
to whuff
vsto wacked
9.9

To hit something so it makes a dull heavy sound

is the general forceful strike without focus on sound

Antonyms

miss
73 3.1

A failure to hit or reach a target

How Forceful

to pummel
46 6.7
to wacked
  • Informal
7.2
to hit
∞ 1.0
to tap
174 1.0

Surface Forms

wacked infinitive
wacked past
wacked past participle
wacking present participle
wacks third person singular

Morphology

wacked = whack (transparent) = whack + ed

This is the regular past tense and past participle of whack, so the form and meaning are straightforwardly predictable.

Etymology

Wacked is the past form of whack, a word that copies the sharp sound of a hard hit like 'whack'. So to have 'wacked' something simply means you hit or struck it forcefully.