whack
verb/wæk/
/wæk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they whack | /wæk/ /wæk/ |
| he / she / it whacks | /wæks/ /wæks/ |
| past simple whacked | /wækt/ /wækt/ |
| past participle whacked | /wækt/ /wækt/ |
| -ing form whacking | /ˈwækɪŋ/ /ˈwækɪŋ/ |
- whack somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) (informal) to hit somebody/something very hard
- She whacked him with her handbag.
- James whacked the ball over the net.
Extra Examples- He whacked the ball back over the net.
- She whacked him around the head.
- Some of the teachers used to whack the boys with a slipper.
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- whack something + adv./prep. (informal) to put something somewhere without much care
- Just whack your bags in the corner.
- whack somebody (North American English, slang) to murder somebody
Word Originearly 18th cent.: imitative, or perhaps an alteration of thwack.
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