Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To strike (someone or something) with a sharp blow; slap.
- intransitive verb Slang To kill deliberately; murder.
- intransitive verb To deal a sharp, resounding blow.
- noun A sharp, swift blow.
- noun The sound made by a sharp, swift blow.
- idiom (have/take) To try out; attempt.
- idiom (out of whack) Improperly ordered or balanced; not functioning correctly.
- idiom (whacked out) Exhausted.
- idiom (whacked out) Crazy.
- idiom (whacked out) Under the influence of a mind-altering drug.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To give a heavy or resounding blow to; thwack.
- To divide into shares; apportion; parcel out.
- To strike, or continue striking, anything with smart blows.
- To make a division or settlement; square accounts; pay: often in the phrase to whack up.
- noun A heavy blow; a thwack.
- noun A stroke; a trial or attempt: as, to take a whack at a job.
- noun A piece; a share; a portion.
- noun Appetite.
- noun Fettle; condition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To strike anything with a smart blow.
- intransitive verb [Colloq.] to continue striking heavy blows.
- transitive verb colloq. To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks.
- transitive verb Slang To divide into shares; ; -- often with up.
- noun colloq. A smart resounding blow.
- noun Slang A portion; share; allowance.
- noun colloq. an attempt
- noun [Slang] out of order.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
blow ,impact orslap . - noun A
share orportion . - noun An
attempt . - verb To
hit ,slap orstrike . - verb To
kill ,bump off . - verb To share or
parcel out .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb hit hard
- noun the sound made by a sharp swift blow
- noun the act of hitting vigorously
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Ducks are whole other squad in their building, while on the road, Jeremiah Masoli is as cool as a Stuart Scott catchphrase that was as whack as the term whack was back in 2003.
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The Ducks are whole other squad in their building, while on the road, Jeremiah Masoli is as cool as a Stuart Scott catchphrase that was as whack as the term whack was back in 2003.
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No. 17, 559 yards, par 5 (Lang Whang): A "good whack" is required for players to have a reasonable chance of reaching the green.
Breaking down all 18 holes of British Open host Turnberry 2009
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It's about PETA, once again, showing that they are a bunch of fuckin 'whack-jobs.
Friday Pix archmage 2008
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With Rasheed Wallace (calf) and Allen Iverson (back) also out, the Pistons were missing a combined average of 48.5 points per game, and were out of whack from the start.
USATODAY.com 2008
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A good whack from a silver string axe leaves your big turkey ghost just a cold casserole.
Superhero Prose Fiction: Silver John - O Ugly Bird! Blue Tyson 2007
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A good whack from a silver string axe leaves your big turkey ghost just a cold casserole.
Archive 2007-11-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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Paddy-whack is a pathetic critter - a true example of obsessive-compulsive behavior.
Sound Politics: More on the bogus finding in the voter registration court case 2006
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First let me say this is the whackest anime I've seen, it beats the final two episodes of Neon Genesis because Lain has been whack from the beginning.
Who are you? 2004
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First let me say this is the whackest anime I've seen, it beats the final two episodes of Neon Genesis because Lain has been whack from the beginning.
January 2004 2004
brtom commented on the word whack
"A whacking fine whip, said Lenehan, is W. Lane."
Joyce, Ulysses, 14
January 21, 2007
asativum commented on the word whack
Note that even WeirdNet doesn't try to say this has any relationship to goofy, weird or wacky.
October 14, 2008
bilby commented on the word whack
"'Barack Obama.' Sounds expensive. Never seen one in the Wal-Mart, anyhow. You know, come to think of it, I bet it's somethin' for the computer. Everything's for computers nowadays. Could be one of them new-fangled electronic gadgets, too, I s'pose. Something you watch the videos on. But I already got me a TV set, so unless this Barack Obama thing does something useful like whack weeds, I think I'll pass."
- Lyle Dixon, 'What In The Heck's A Barack Obama?', theonion.com, 29 Oct 2008.
October 30, 2008
tbtabby commented on the word whack
@Asativum: That's because you're thinking of wack.
January 22, 2009
janejetson commented on the word whack
tAKE nOTES:
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April 11, 2010