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whack1 verbwhack2 noun whackwhack1 /wæk/ verb [transitive] informal   whack1Origin: 1700-1800 Probably from the sound of hitting VERB TABLEwhack |
| Present | I, you, we, they | whack | | he, she, it | whacks | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | whacked | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have whacked | | he, she, it | has whacked | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had whacked | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will whack | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have whacked |
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| Present | I | am whacking | | he, she, it | is whacking | | you, we, they | are whacking | | Past | I, he, she, it | was whacking | | you, we, they | were whacking | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been whacking | | he, she, it | has been whacking | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been whacking | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be whacking | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been whacking |
- Apparently someone whacked the side of my car with their door.
- Buckley whacked the ball into left field.
- If he said anything like that to me, I'd whack him!
- The Georgia man whacked his fist on the bar.
- He whacked his pants leg with the dowel.
- I go down like I was whacked in the face with a shovel.
- Like Chrissie Evert executing an effortless backhand crosscourt volley at Wimbledon, Perdita shot forward and whacked the ball home.
- Or a guard will put a bucket on your head and whack it with a truncheon.
- Paul was a distant puppet, jerking and leaping and throwing back his arms and whacking the bomb repeatedly on the side.
- Steve has not been the same man since he whacked Saskia with an ashtray and buried her body in Epping Forest.
- With a series of lame and recycled bits, this spring tryout comedy whacks us over the head with every joke.
to hit something► hit · Jack hit the ball and it flew over the fence. ► knock to hit a door or window with your closed hand in order to attract the attention of the people inside: · Someone was knocking on the door.· I knocked loudly but no one came. ► strike written to hit a surface. Strike is more formal than hit and is mainly used in written English: · The ball struck the side of the goal. ► whack informal to hit something very hard: · Edmonds whacked the ball into the air. ► bash to hit something hard, especially in a way that causes damage: · The police had to bash the door down to get in. ► tap to gently hit something with your fingers, often in order to attract someone’s attention: · I tapped him on the shoulder.· I heard someone tapping on the window. ► rap to knock quickly or hit something several times: · He rapped the table with his pen to bring the meeting to order.· Two police officers rapped on the door at 7 o'clock in the morning. ► bang to suddenly hit something hard, in a way that makes a loud noise: · Her father banged his fist down on the table angrily.· The door suddenly banged shut. ► pound written to hit something many times with a lot of force: · I could hear the sea pounding on the rocks.· She pounded on the door and shouted wildly. ► hammer written to hit something quickly many times making a loud continuous noise: · The rain was hammering on the roof.· A crowd of people were outside hammering on the door angrily. to hit someone deliberately► hit to hit someone with your hand or with something that you are holding in your hand: · Dad! Peter keeps hitting me!hit with: · The victim had been hit with a baseball bat.hit somebody on the nose/in the stomach/over the head etc: · There was a fight, and someone had hit him over the head with a chair.hit somebody hard (=with a lot of force): · He hit him hard in the stomach.hit somebody back (=to hit someone when they have hit you): · Don't hit him, he'll only hit you back. ► punch also slug informal to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight or because you are angry: · The woman claimed that she had been punched and kicked by one of the policemen.· The actor slugged a photographer who got too close.punch somebody on the nose/in the eye/in the chest etc: · Dean punched her in the ribs and pushed her against the wall. ► slap to hit someone, especially on their face, with the flat part of your open hand: · I was so angry I wanted to slap him.slap somebody across the face: · She slapped him across the face and stormed out of the room.slap somebody's face: · Dora slapped his face and ran home. ► strike formal to hit someone, especially on a particular part of their body: · Her husband had never struck her before.strike with: · Evidence shows that the victim had been struck several times with an iron bar.strike somebody on the head/in the stomach etc: · The court heard that the defendant had struck Payne repeatedly in the face, causing serious bruising. ► throw a punch to hit or try to hit someone very hard with a closed hand in a fight: · Rogers threw a punch at Martin.· Foreman, once the World Heavyweight Champion, says 'I never throw a punch in anger.' ► whack informal to hit someone hard, with your hand or with an object: · If he said anything like that to me, I'd whack him! ► thump informal to hit someone very hard with your closed hand, especially on their body rather than on their face or head: · Mike thumped Stephanie's back several times to stop her choking. ► bash spoken to hit someone hard, especially in a fight: bash somebody's head/face/teeth etc in: · I told him I'd bash his head in if he ever touched her again. ► clobber spoken to hit someone very hard, either with your hand or with a hard object: · The kids are bored, and have nothing to do but clobber each other. to hit an object/door/table etc with something► hit · You have to try to hit the ball over the net.· The first time I tried archery, I couldn't even hit the target. ► knock to hit a door or window, especially with your closed hand, in order to attract the attention of the people inside: · Would you mind knocking before you come in?· I waited a moment, then knocked again.knock on/at: · Lula knocked at the back door and he appeared, dressed in pyjamas.· 'Mattie?' called Jerry, knocking on the door. ► tap to hit something gently so that it makes a light noise, especially in order to get someone's attention: · Daley read the notes, tapping a pencil on the desk.tap on/at: · She tapped on the window to attract his attention. ► bang to hit a door, table etc very hard with your hand or with an object, in order to attract attention or because you are angry: · Thomas banged his fist on the table.bang on/at: · I banged at the door but nobody came.· He complained loudly until Val finally banged on the table and shouted at him.bang something shut: · Sherman banged the door shut. ► rap to hit something loudly and very quickly several times in order to attract attention: · The conductor rapped the music stand with his baton and the violins stopped playing.rap on/at: · Seeing her son outside, Mrs Evans rapped on the window and called him back into the house. ► strike formal to hit something hard, especially in a very controlled or skilful way: · Morris struck his drum, and the band started to march down the street.· In anger, he struck the wall with a stick. ► bash also give something a bash British informal to hit something hard with your hand or with a stick, hammer etc especially in a careless way: · If the television stops working, just bash it a couple of times -- that usually helps.· I put the box on the floor and gave it a good bash with my hammer, but it still wouldn't open. ► whack to hit something hard and noisily, especially using a flat object: · Buckley whacked the ball into left field.· The Georgia man whacked his fist on the bar. ► hammer to keep hitting something very loudly and quickly especially with your closed hand, because you are angry, impatient etc: hammer on/at/against: · The children hammered at the door to be let in out of the rain.· Her heart hammered against her ribs. 1to hit someone or something hardwhack somebody/something with something He kept whacking the dog with a stick.► see thesaurus at hit2British English spoken to put something somewherewhack something in/on/under etc something Just whack the bacon under the grill for a couple of minutes.whack1 verbwhack2 noun whackwhack2 noun [countable] especially spoken - She gave my hand a whack with a ruler.
- From outside came another quick whack of the mallet.
- He got a bruising whack in his right eye - the one he uses to peer through his telescope at the stars.
- In the fourth round of the Catalonia Open, the elements threw all our figuring out of whack.
- Soon the whole valley was resounding with the same thud, thud, whack, from every rooftop in the village.
- This is 180 degrees out of whack.
- To be sure, my historical mentors in this race also took a whack at my Catholic heritage.
- You are expected to pay your whack to benefit society at large.
► COLOURS & SOUNDSablaze, adjectiveacoustic, adjectiveacoustics, nounaglow, adjectivebaa, verbbabble, verbbabble, nounbabel, nounbaby talk, nounbackfire, verbbackground, nounbang, nounbang, verbbang, interjectionbark, verbbark, nounbattle cry, nounbay, verbbeat, verbbeat, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounblare, verbblast, nounbleat, verbbleep, nounbleep, verbblip, nounbong, nounboom, nounboom, verbbowwow, interjectionbrassy, adjectivebray, verbbrazen, adjectivebreathy, adjectivebubble, verbbump, nounchatter, verbchatter, nounclink, verbclink, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncrackle, verbcrackling, nouncrash, verbcrash, nouncreak, verbcreaky, adjectivecroak, verbcroak, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcrunch, nouncrunch, verbding-dong, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedrone, verbdrone, noundrown, verbdrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrumming, noundull, adjectiveecho, verbecho, nounfizz, verbflat, adjectivefootfall, nounfootstep, nounfusillade, noungrinding, adjectivegroan, verbgroan, noungrunt, verbgrunt, nounguffaw, verbgunshot, nounguttural, adjectivehigh, adjectivehigh, adverbhiss, verbindistinct, adjectiveirregular, adjectivelow, verbmarbled, adjectivematching, adjectivemellow, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemetallic, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmodulate, verbmonotone, nounmoo, verbmurmur, verbmurmur, nounmusical, adjectivemusically, adverbmute, verbnasal, adjectivenoise, nounoink, interjectionoof, interjectionpatter, verbpatter, nounpeal, nounpeal, verbpenetrating, adjectivepercussion, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepulse, nounputter, verbquack, verbquack, nounquaver, nounracket, nounrasp, verbrasp, nounraspberry, nounrat-a-tat, nounrattle, nounraucous, adjectivereedy, adjectivereport, nounresonance, nounresonant, adjectiveresonate, verbresonator, nounresound, verbresounding, adjectivereverberate, verbreverberation, nounrich, adjectivering, nounring, verbringing, adjectiveripple, verbripple, nounroar, nounroaring, adjectiveroll, verbrough, adjectiverustle, verbrustle, nounscratch, verbscratch, nounscream, verbscream, nounscrunch, verbsmoky, adjectivesnarl, verbsoft, adjectivesoft-spoken, adjectivesonorous, adjectivesotto voce, adverbsplosh, verbsweet, adjectiveswoosh, verbtick-tock, nountinny, adjectivetonal, adjectivevivid, adjectivevowel, nounwail, verbweak, adjectivewhack, nounwham, interjectionwhine, verbwhinny, verbwhirr, verbwhistle, verbwhistle, nounyelp, nounyowl, verbzoom, noun ► gave ... a whack She gave the ball a whack. ► took a whack at Singleton took a whack at (=tried to hit) Miller’s head. ► (the) full whack If you’re unemployed, you don’t have to pay the full whack (=the full amount). ► a fair whack There’s still a fair whack (=quite a large amount) of work to be done. ► top whack These agencies charge top whack for tickets. ADJECTIVE► full· At full whack, I would guess that the Rivera exhibits some very unsociable tendencies indeed. VERB► give· He forgets I can lean forward in this great chair and give him a good whack across the shoulders.· Upon learning of this daily miracle, a curious neighbor gave the fish a whack.· He gives her another whack in the midsection with his elbow. ► pay· You are expected to pay your whack to benefit society at large.· The commission would act as secretary, rich Arab countries would pay the biggest whack. ► take· To be sure, my historical mentors in this race also took a whack at my Catholic heritage. ► out of whack- The printer is out of whack again.
- And they are out of whack, Lovelock was to find out, because of the curious accumulative effects of coevolution.
- Here you can discover exactly how out of whack your daily holiday intake actually was.
- In the fourth round of the Catalonia Open, the elements threw all our figuring out of whack.
- That things were out of whack.
- The mixture of gases in the atmosphere of the Earth are way out of whack.
- This is 180 degrees out of whack.
- Steve lost $500 in one whack.
1the act of hitting something hard, or the noise this makes: She gave the ball a whack. Singleton took a whack at (=tried to hit) Miller’s head.2British English an amount of something(the) full whack If you’re unemployed, you don’t have to pay the full whack (=the full amount). There’s still a fair whack (=quite a large amount) of work to be done. These agencies charge top whack for tickets.3do your whack (of something) British English to do a fair or equal share of a job or activity: I’ve done my whack of the driving – it’s your turn.4have a whack at something British English, take a whack at something American English to try to do something: ‘Are you any good at doing maths?’ ‘I’ll have a whack at it.’5in one whack American English all on one occasion: Steve lost $500 in one whack.6out of whack American English if a system, machine etc is out of whack, the parts are not working together correctly: The printer’s out of whack again. |