Whack (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object)
  1. to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
  2. to divide into or take in shares (often followed by up): Whack the loot between us two.
verb (used without object)
  1. to strike a smart, resounding blow or blows.
noun
  1. a smart, resounding blow: a whack with his hand.
  2. a trial or attempt: to take a whack at a job.
  3. a portion or share.
Verb Phrases
  1. whack off,
    • to cut off or separate with a blow: The cook whacked off the fish's head.
    • to masturbate.
  2. to produce quickly or, sometimes, carelessly: She whacks out a short story every week or so.
Idioms
  1. out of order or alignment; not in proper condition.
noun, adjective
  1. a variant of wack1.
verb (tr)
  1. to strike with a sharp resounding blow
  2. to exhaust completely
  3. to put something on to or into something else with force or abandon
noun
  1. to murder
  2. a sharp resounding blow or the noise made by such a blow
  3. a share or portion
  4. a try or attempt (esp in the phrase have a whack at)
  5. out of order; unbalanced
interjection
  1. an exclamation imitating the noise of a sharp resounding blow
Whack (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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