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whack

UK/ˈwæk/ US/ˈʍæk/ fairly common slang uk us
verb (1) noun (2)

verb

1.

hit hard

  • “The teacher whacked the boy”
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noun

1.
2.

the act of hitting vigorously

  • “he gave the table a whack”
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Origin

Uncertain. Originally Scottish; probably onomatopoeic, but compare Middle English thakken, from Old English þaccian (whence Modern thwack by conflation with whack). Sense 6 of the verb is likely a semantic loan from Malay hentam (“to strike; to do something carelessly”).

Phrases

  • anyhow whack
  • cop one's whack
  • full whack
  • go whacks
  • have a whack at
  • out of whack
  • take a whack at
  • top whack
  • whack off
  • whack on
  • whack one out
  • whack out

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