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plural of whack
Synonyms of whacks
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1
an effort to do or accomplish something
- took a whack at solving the math problem
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2
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
- gave the wasp's nest a good whack with the bat
Synonyms for whacks
- bangs,
- bashes,
- bats,
- beats,
- belts,
- biffs,
- blows,
- bops,
- boxes,
- buffets,
- busts,
- chops,
- claps,
- clips,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- cuffs,
- dabs,
- douses
- [British],
- fillips,
- hacks,
- haymakers,
- hits,
- hooks,
- knocks,
- larrups
- [dialect],
- lashes,
- licks,
- pelts,
- picks,
- plumps,
- pokes,
- pounds,
- punches,
- raps,
- slams,
- slaps,
- slugs,
- smacks,
- smashes,
- socks,
- spanks,
- stingers,
- stripes,
- strokes,
- swats,
- swipes,
- switches,
- thuds,
- thumps,
- thwacks,
- wallops,
- welts,
- whams,
- whops
- (also whaps)
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3
a loud explosive sound
- the whack echoed around the field
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whacks
verbpresent tense third-person singular of whack
Synonyms & Antonyms of whacks (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
- whacked the vending machine to get the candy bar to fall
Synonyms for whacks
- bangs,
- bashes,
- bats,
- belts,
- biffs,
- bludgeons,
- bobs,
- bonks,
- bops,
- boxes,
- busts,
- claps,
- clips,
- clobbers,
- clocks,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- hammers,
- hits,
- knocks,
- nails,
- pastes,
- pounds,
- punches,
- raps,
- slams,
- slaps,
- slogs,
- slugs,
- smacks,
- smites,
- socks,
- strikes,
- swats,
- swipes,
- tags,
- thumps,
- thwacks,
- wallops,
- whales,
- zaps
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- batters,
- beats,
- buffets,
- bungs,
- chops,
- cuffs,
- drubs,
- laces,
- lambastes
- (or lambasts),
- licks,
- mangles,
- mauls,
- pelts,
- peppers,
- pommels,
- pummels,
- roughs
- bowls (down or over),
- creams,
- decks,
- dumps
- [slang],
- fells,
- floors,
- knocks down,
- levels
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2 slang
to put to death deliberately
- without a second thought the mob boss had them whacked
Synonyms for whacks
- assassinates,
- bumps off,
- croaks
- [slang],
- dispatches,
- does in,
- executes,
- gets,
- ices
- [slang],
- knocks off,
- liquidates,
- murders,
- neutralizes,
- offs
- [slang],
- puts away,
- rubs out,
- slays,
- snuffs,
- takes out,
- terminates
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