whack
/ˈwæk/ verb C2- To hit, slap or strike. · The bat whacked the baseball.· G. W. Cable Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes.
- To assassinate, bump off.
- To share or parcel out (often with up). · to whack the spoils of a robbery
- To beat convincingly; to thrash.
- To attempt something despite not knowing how to do it; to take on a task spontaneously and carelessly without planning.
- To eat something hurriedly.
He/she/it whacks · Past whacked · Past participle whacked · -ing form whacking
Verb forms
- Base form
- whack
- He/she/it
- whacks
- Past
- whacked
- Past participle
- whacked
- -ing form
- whacking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Again and again and again she struck, and each time her head came with a whack on the matting of the veranda and she gathered herself together like a watch spring.
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