American English pronunciation
How to pronounce whack
IPA transcription: ['wæk]
Pronunciation variants: ['wæk][h'wæk]
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Noun
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the sound made by a sharp swift blow
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the act of hitting vigorously
“he gave the table a whack”
Verb
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hit hard
“The teacher whacked the boy”
Usage examples
- I had another whack at it.
- I had another whack at it.
- I must have whacked a dozen grenades that night with my tool.
- Then, all of a sudden, whack!
- I had another whack at it.
- They are raised on ranches and harvested through "whacking".
- Most recently he has rewritten the scripts "Whackers" and "Robodog" for Thornbush Entertainment.
- With onomatopoeia the word said sounds like what it represents: Moo, Whack, Bang, etc.
- Only a little whack on my legs.
- The Bushwhackers and Men on a Mission defeated Bigelow, Bastion Booger and the Headshrinkers.