whacked; whacking; whacks
1
a
: to strike with a smart or resounding blow
whack the ball
b
: to cut with or as if with a whack : chop
2
chiefly British
: to get the better of : defeat
: to strike a smart or resounding blow
whacker
noun
Phrases
out of whack
1
: out of proper order or shape
threw his knee out of whack
2
: not in accord
feeling out of whack with her contemporaries—
S. E. Rubin
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Examples of whack in a Sentence
Verb
She whacked the piñata with a stick.
The old man lifted his cane and whacked the mugger on the head.
They were whacking through the jungle with their machetes.
He got whacked by mobsters.
Noun
The pile of books hit the floor with a whack.
took a whack at solving the math problem
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Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
Start with a round of salty-good Ibérico ham and Parmigiano-Reggiano whacked into hunks, a playful cippolini onion dip with potato chips and a lovely plate of filleted anchovies scattered with hazelnuts and laid over tarragon-forward salsa verde.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
The Know, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
Simone, the wrecking agent, causes tenuous systems to spin out of whack, with the events coming close to, but never approaching, real tragedy.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Supporters argue that the bonds are necessary because the state recently whacked about $10 billion in spending on environmental programs.
—Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
Start with a round of salty-good Ibérico ham and Parmigiano-Reggiano whacked into hunks, a playful cippolini onion dip with potato chips and a lovely plate of filleted anchovies scattered with hazelnuts and laid over tarragon-forward salsa verde.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Noun
How a sore foot can throw a person’s entire perspective out of whack.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
Simone, the wrecking agent, causes tenuous systems to spin out of whack, with the events coming close to, but never approaching, real tragedy.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Whack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whack. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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whack
1 of 2 verb
ˈhwak 
ˈwak
: to hit or cut with a hard noisy blow
whacked the ball into left field
whacker
noun
whack
2 of 2 noun1
: a hard noisy blow
also
: its sound
2
: try entry 2, attempt
take a whack at it
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