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Whacking
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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): Whack the loot between us two.
verb (used without object)
3.
to strike a smart, resounding blow or blows.
noun
Verb phrases4.
a smart, resounding blow: a whack with his hand.
5.
Informal. a trial or attempt: to take a whack at a job.
6.
Slang. a portion or share.
7.
whack off,
a.
to cut off or separate with a blow: The cook whacked off the fish's head.
b.
Slang: Vulgar. to masturbate.
8.
Idiomwhack out, Slang. to produce quickly or, sometimes, carelessly: She whacks out a short story every week or so.
9.
out of whack, Informal. out of order or alignment; not in proper condition.
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
whack
"to strike sharply," 1719, probably of imitative origin. The noun is from 1737. The word in out of whack (1885) is perhaps the slang meaning "share, just portion" (1785), which may be from the notion of the blow that divides, or the rap of the auctioneer's hammer.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
whack (sth) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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