to whack
250
5.5
- verb
- /wæk/
:
golpear
- She whacked the pinata, hoping to burst it open and get the candy inside.
- get whacked
- whack the ball
- whack away
If you want to whack it as a batter, play golf.
- If you want to whack it as a batter, play golf.
- And finally he lost it, got mad and whacked the phone out of her hand.
- And then Peter goes, all right, bro, whacks him down and kills him.
- This is a picture of me after he did whack me in the face the night after, right?
- Maybe that John McKay whacked him before John McKay whacked him starting that conspiracy.
Examples
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The drill sergeant comes up behind Drew and whacks him in the side with his elbow.
Fiction book (1991) -
Gao starts forward and whacks Drew in the leg with a leg sweep.
Fiction book (1991) -
So it's like we start like this and then I whack and then I come back in.
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I used to just whack it on as low as possible.
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It's just that you, you just like you, you whack it to get it working.
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Right, Let me whack that one on top.
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"What difference does it make if you whack her or I whack her?" Tony asked.
Fiction book (1992) -
And let's put this one on here and try to whack this straight back in.
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And finally he lost it, got mad and whacked the phone out of her hand.
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He got so angry that he whacked the table with his fist.
Synonyms
455
1.4
To hit someone or something quickly with a closed fist
225
1.3
To hit something again and again very hard
164
3.5
To hit someone or something with an open hand
104
3.9
A quick hard hit with the hand or a flat object
43
7.9
To hit someone or something very hard
27
3.4
To hit something hard so it makes a dull sound
23
8.8
To hit someone repeatedly with a heavy stick or club
19
7.7
To hit someone or something very hard many times
4
7.7
To hit someone or something with a quick strong blow
4
6.1
To hit someone or something hard with your head
3
3.7
Hit someone or something very hard
3
8.6
To hit someone on the head with force
3
8.0
To hit something hard with a flat object so it makes a loud sound
2
7.3
To hit something or someone very hard
1
9.9
To hit someone or something hard
1
8.1
To hit something or someone hard and make a loud sound
1
8.9
Hit someone or something quickly and hard
1
9.0
To hit someone or something hard, often by accident
1
8.3
To hit something so it makes a dull, heavy sound
To hit something quickly with a short, sharp blow
To hit something hard so it makes a loud sound
To hit something very hard
To hit something suddenly with great force
To hit something so it makes a dull heavy sound
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- UK
To divide something into parts, for example by cutting it or by sharing it among people
Compounds
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Whack as a verb likely comes from the idea of copying the loud sound of a hit and is similar to the word smack. So to whack is to hit someone or something with a loud, forceful blow.