whacked; whacking; whacks
1
a
: to strike with a smart or resounding blow
whack the ball
b
: to cut with or as if with a whack : chop
2
chiefly British
: to get the better of : defeat
: to strike a smart or resounding blow
whacker
noun
Phrases
out of whack
1
: out of proper order or shape
threw his knee out of whack
2
: not in accord
feeling out of whack with her contemporaries—
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Verb
She whacked the piñata with a stick.
The old man lifted his cane and whacked the mugger on the head.
They were whacking through the jungle with their machetes.
He got whacked by mobsters.
Noun
The pile of books hit the floor with a whack.
took a whack at solving the math problem
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Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Public libraries are asking hundreds of thousands of patrons to tell state lawmakers to back off a plan to whack state money for local libraries.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
The difference this year is that the more autocratic or erratic leaders there are in power, the harder normal forecasting becomes, because macroeconomic dynamics get out of whack – like how Putin’s war, which was horrible in itself, also came with this secondary scourge of inflation.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 10 June 2025
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Verb
Armed with chainsaws and bush cutters, the IPC armies sliced and whacked their way through the evildoers.
—Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Public libraries are asking hundreds of thousands of patrons to tell state lawmakers to back off a plan to whack state money for local libraries.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
And his impression of himself was totally out of whack with the way other people perceived him.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
The difference this year is that the more autocratic or erratic leaders there are in power, the harder normal forecasting becomes, because macroeconomic dynamics get out of whack – like how Putin’s war, which was horrible in itself, also came with this secondary scourge of inflation.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 10 June 2025
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“Whack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whack. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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whack
1 of 2 verb
ˈhwak 
ˈwak
: to hit or cut with a hard noisy blow
whacked the ball into left field
whacker
noun
whack
2 of 2 noun1
: a hard noisy blow
also
: its sound
2
: try entry 2, attempt
take a whack at it
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