whacknoun/ˈwæk/

• 1

  The sound of a heavy strike.

• 2

  The strike itself.

  • Saka was a threat from the first whistle; Ukraine rightly wary of him and dishing out the usual whacks.
• 3

  The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.

• 4

  slangAn attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.

  • C'mon. Take a whack at it.
  • 40 bucks a whack.
• 5

  datedA share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.

  • I don’t care about much wine afterwards—I take my whack at dinner—I mean my share, you know; and when I have had as much as I want I toddle up to tea.
  • “It’s damned tame, whatever it is, comin’ in here at feedin’ time an’ gettin’ its whack of fish.”
• 6

  obsoleteA whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.

• 7

  obsoleteA deal, an agreement.

  • "I'll stay if you will." "Good—that's a whack."
  • It's a whack!
• 8

  slangA harmful outcome or repercussion.

  • But I rely on you to give me the nod in time to get Cora clear off whatever happens. I can take my own whack as it comes—as I always have done.

whackverb/ˈwæk/

• 1

  To hit, slap or strike.

  • The bat whacked the baseball.
  • Therefore he whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck, till some man, - I was told the chief's son, - in desperation at hearing the old chap yell, made a tentative jab with a spear at the white man - and of course it went quite easy between the shoulder-blades.
• 2

  slangTo assassinate, bump off.

  • Niko Bellic: So you want me to talk to him? / Jimmy Pegorino: I want you to whack him! And after that I want you to kill all the other rats I surround myself with...
  • Ken Barrett, a loyalist gunman who eventually confessed to killing Mr. Finucane on orders from the paramilitary Ulster Defense Association, told a BBC investigative reporter, John Ware, that when he’d expressed reluctance about “whacking” a solicitor[…]
• 3

  slangTo share or parcel out (often with up).

  • to whack the spoils of a robbery
  • When the sewer-hunters consider they have searched long enough […] the gang […] count out the money they have picked up, and proceed to dispose of the old metal, bones, rope, &c.; this done, they then, as they term it, “whack” the whole lot; that is, they divide it equally among all hands.
• 4

  hobbieslifestylesportsTo beat convincingly; to thrash.

  • The fidgety Majors were whacked 9-1 by the Kitchener Panthers at Couch and now trail their rivals 2-0 in an increasingly uncomfortable best-of-seven Intercounty Baseball League first-round series.
• 5

  To surpass; to better.

  • Recently I was over in Ireland, I love the place, proper fishing, can't whack it!
• 6

  To attempt something despite not knowing how to do it; to take on a task spontaneously and carelessly without planning.

  • Miss Loi always tells her students not to anyhow whack, stay calm and know thy approach before attempting each question.
• 7

  To eat something hurriedly.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• wack