Definitions for whack

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Spelling: [hwak, wak]

IPA: /ʰwæk, wæk/

Whack is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 38 anagrams from letters in whack (achkw).

Definitions for whack

noun

1. a smart, resounding blow:
2. Informal. a trial or attempt:
3. Slang. a portion or share.

Idioms

1. out of whack, Informal. out of order or alignment; not in proper condition.

Verb phrases

1. whack off, to cut off or separate with a blow: Slang: Vulgar. to masturbate.
2. whack out, Slang. to produce quickly or, sometimes, carelessly:

verb (used with object)

1. to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
2. Slang. to divide into or take in shares (often followed by up):

verb (used without object)

1. to strike a smart, resounding blow or blows.

Origin of whack

1710-20; orig. dial., Scots form of thwack; cf. whang², whittle

Examples for whack

But on most of the occasions she only caught some whack for her trouble.

"We won't get much of a whack at the Jerries," the colonel said rather testily.

Virginie had caught her a whack with all her might on her bare arm, just above the elbow.

Why is he dialing down the humor and dialing up the moralizing, throwing his immaculate comedic balance out of whack?

There was a whack as one lump hit the boat, and a grunt as the other struck some man.

But this new flavor of rhetorical flimflam is still pretty, well, whack.

First, Herz argues, our ability to weigh risk is out of whack, because CrossFit is more like a sport than a Pilates class.

This gentleman said he never told a fellow what ailed him until he got his whack.

Say the Democrats: When all else fails, whack them on Social Security.

Apple is working on an automatic alert system that rings a doctor if blood sugar or blood pressure gets out of whack.