verb, noun
verb [VN]
1 (informal) to hit sb/sth very hard:
She whacked him with her handbag. * James whacked the ball over the net.
2 [+adv./prep.] (spoken) to put sth somewhere without much care:
Just whack your bags in the corner.
noun [usuallysing.] (informal)
1 the act of hitting sb/sth hard; the sound made by this:
He gave the ball a good whack. * I heard the whack of the bullet hitting the wood.
2 (BrE) a share of sth; an amount of sth:
Don't leave all the work to her. Everyone should do their fair whack. * You have to pay the full whack. There are no reductions. * He charges top whack (= the highest amount possible).
IDIOMS
out of whack (AmE, informal) (of a system or machine) not working as it should because its different parts are not working together correctly
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for whack is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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