whack

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Synonyms: hack, shack, wrack, wack, thack, chack, whank, whak, whac, .hack

Antonyms: hack, shack, wrack, wack, thack, chack, whank, whak, whac, .hack

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Noun

1. The [[sound]] of a [[heavy]] [[strike]].
2. The [[strike]] [[itself]].
3. The [[stroke]] [[itself]], [[regardless]] of [[its]] [[successful]] [[impact]].
4. {{label|en|slang}} An [[attempt]], a [[chance]], a [[turn]], a [[go]], ''[[originally]]'' an [[attempt]] to [[beat]] [[someone]] or [[something]].
5. {{senseid|en|portion}} {{label|en|originally|_|UK|_|cant|somewhat|dated}} A [[share]], a [[portion]], ''[[especially]]'' a [[full]] [[share]] or [[large]] [[portion]].
6. {{label|en|obsolete}} A [[whack-up]]: a [[division]] of an [[amount]] into [[separate]] whacks, a [[divvying up]].
7. {{label|en|US|obsolete}} A [[deal]], an [[agreement]].
8. {{lb|en|slang}} A harmful outcome or repercussion.
9. {{C|en|Recreational drugs}} {{lb|en|uncountable|dated|disco-era|_|drug|_|slang}} [[PCP]], [[phencyclidine]] {{q|also {{m|en|wack}}}}.
10. {{label|en|slang|computing|typography}} The [[backslash]], {{nowrap|⟨ '''\''' ⟩.}}

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[hit]], [[slap]] or [[strike]].
2. {{lb|en|slang|transitive}} To [[assassinate]], [[bump off]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To share or [[parcel out]] (often with ''up'').
4. {{lb|en|sports}} To [[beat]] convincingly; to [[thrash]].
5. {{lb|en|UK|usually in the negative}} To [[surpass]]; to [[better]].
6. {{lb|en|Singapore|Singlish}} To [[attempt]] something despite not knowing how to do it; to [[take on]] a task [[spontaneously]] and [[carelessly]] without [[planning]].
7. {{lb|en|Singapore|Singlish}} To [[eat]] something hurriedly.

Adjective

1. {{alternative spelling of|en|wack|t=annoyingly or disappointingly bad}}.

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